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Full-Text Articles in African Languages and Societies
Shifting Sands., Rachid Tagoulla
Shifting Sands., Rachid Tagoulla
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Shifting Sands is a re-exploration of the presentation of North Africans in colonial postcards, an examination of identity, and a critique of the modern Western museum. Since the inception of photography, colonizers used this medium- especially in the form of postcards- to categorize and exoticize Eastern peoples in order to more easily subjugate them. Shifting Sands is a series of reconstructed colonial postcards which challenges colonial-era stereotypes of North African peoples. The colonial gaze, represented by the camera lens, is subverted through a lensless image-making process in which sand is used to remove the subject from the colonial gaze and …
Amjambo Africa! (April 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (April 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
COVID-19 denial in Burundi and Tanzania.....................2
Cameroonian deportations..3
In Her Presence .................4/5
Health care
Vaccine Q&A
Amjambo’s 3rd birthday.......6
MEBIC..................................10
Dr. Shah on vaccine safety.11
Magufuli of Tanzania..........12
World Market Basket..........14
Farming
African donuts
Soil safety..............................15
Baking Academy.................18
Bikes for all Mainers...........19
Childcare..............................20
Finance................................21
Columns & letters..............................24/25/26/27
Bangor/DEI..........................28
Novruz Festival....................29
Gisele Mukundwa...............31
Musical diversity.................31
Translations
French..................................7
Swahili.................................8
Somali..................................9
Kinyarwanda.....................22
Portuguese.........................23
Identity Construction In The Yoruba Group Project Abroad: Discourse Analysis Of Language Use, Tawakalitu Odunayo Lasisi
Identity Construction In The Yoruba Group Project Abroad: Discourse Analysis Of Language Use, Tawakalitu Odunayo Lasisi
LSU Master's Theses
This research examines the experiences of five Nigerian Americans who participated in the Yoruba Group Project Abroad in the year 2018. After taking classes on Yoruba language at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels in their various universities here in the US, the students traveled to Nigeria in the summer of 2018 to immerse themselves in the native speakers’ environment in Ibadan, Nigeria. While in Ibadan, they were paired with Nigerian host families (Yoruba speakers) in order to have an overarching immersive experience. These students constitute the population of this research. Using a qualitative research method and an in-depth online …
Amjambo Africa! (March 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (March 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Museveni of Uganda..........2/3
College applications andscholarships ........................4/5
Publisher’s Editorial/BetterDays Ahead? ..........................6
Translations
French ............................7/24
Swahili............................8/24
Somali ............................9/24
Kinyarwanda...............20/24
Portuguese ...................21/24
Influential Black leaders .....10
Community masks fromTracey Sesselberg.................11
World Market Basket ..........12
Fishermen feed MainersHealthy cooking with Yvonne ElingaOrganization updates .........13
Burundi Star.........................14
Messan Jordan Benissan inCamden ................................15
Photo essay/Onyx Emelo ...16
Helping kids in Angola.......17
News from Africa................18
Avoiding scams & fraud .....19
Biden proposes immigration changes .................................27
Amjambo Africa! (February 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (February 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue
buyoya’s legacy ............................2/3
lockdown in Tchad .....................2/3
lewiston equity Committee .......4/5
editorial ...........................................6
News from africa ..........................10
MlK Day ..................................10/15
Diversity Northern light .............11
World Market basket ...................12
basbousa with Nahla alsafarSomali cooperativesyouth programming ...............13/24
‘Temperature’ by Zoza ................14
Jalali to release new book ............15
Immigration reform ......................16
Help with tax season ....................19
Columns ...................................22/23
Pam leo .........................................26
Translations
French ...........................................7
Swahili ..........................................8
Somali ...........................................9
Kinyarwanda .............................20
Portuguese ................................21
Amjambo Africa! (January 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (January 2021), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue
COVID and women......................2/3
Reza Jalali..........................................4
Editorial............................................6
Translations
French ............................................7
Swahili............................................8
Somali ............................................9
Kinyarwanda...............................20
Portuguese..................................21
News from Africa..........................10
Scholarship.....................................11
Year in Review..........................12/13
Celebrating Diversity....................16
Finance .............................................9
Insurance........................................22
Roseline Souebele.........................22
Rupal Shah.....................................23
Dora Mills.......................................23
Long Hungry Winter.....................24
Education Academy ................26/27
Pushed Out Of High School: Narratives Of Teaching Under The Testing Regime, Sheila Alexis-Fabius
Pushed Out Of High School: Narratives Of Teaching Under The Testing Regime, Sheila Alexis-Fabius
Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was enacted as an education intervention to close the achievement gap by increasing student attendance, graduation, and standard testing rates. NCLB held teachers and administrators accountable for successfully meeting adequate yearly progress gains. However, the emerging NCLB research uncovered a culture of conflict with academically at-risk students being pushed out of the public school system and rise in disciplinary actions towards minority students. This study employed John Gultang’s structural violence, John Burton’s basic human needs theory, and adultification theory to highlight the significance of understanding the conflict in high-stakes testing regimes. This research …
Afro-Brazilian Cosmology As Praxis For Student Affairs, Catarina E. Campbell
Afro-Brazilian Cosmology As Praxis For Student Affairs, Catarina E. Campbell
The Vermont Connection
In this article, one will find a friendly introduction to several orixás, the archetypal forces of nature in Yoruban and Afro-Brazilian cosmology, in order to explore the applicability of their teachings within the realm of student affairs. With each orixá comes a teaching story, series of reflection questions, and a tangible pedagogical practice. When employed with reverence to their origin and context, these tools can catalyze self-development, sense of purpose, and breadth of perspective for both for our students and ourselves.
Amjambo Africa! (December 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (December 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue
Boko Haram .................................2/3
Publisher’s Editorial ........................4
Meet Georges Budagu Makoko .....4
Elections/immigration reform .......5
Translations
French ............................................7
Swahili............................................8
Somali ............................................9
Kinyarwanda...............................20
Portuguese ............................20/21
News from Africa.....................10/11
Piece Together Project .................12
I’m Your Neighbor Books.............13
Pious Ali mourns Rawlings of Ghana ....................14
A Man on the move.......................15
Black Mainer project.....................16
Finance/Business............................19
Auto Insurance ..............................21
Poem by Ekhlas Ahmed................22
Guest columns...............................23
Titi de Baccarat .......................26/27
Amjambo Africa! (November 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (November 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue
batimbo Foundation Family ..........2
The Power of We.............................3
election 2020................................../5
Panel on childcare in maine............5
Publisher’s editorial ........................6
Translations
French ............................................7
Swahili............................................8
Somali ............................................9
Kinyarwanda...............................20
Portuguese..................................21
CovID in maine ..............................0
DiriGo TouchPass ..........................12
Youth photography.......................13
market basket..................................4
A Shooting Star................................5
Community News............................6
organization updates...................17
Telling room poetry.....................18
Finance ...........................................19
Guest columns...............................22
The mix...........................................25
Kennedy Park little library ........27
Amjambo Africa! (October 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (October 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue
bus Shelter Project ..........................2
Victoria Pelletier’s story..................3
Publisher’s editorial ........................6
Financing higher education..........12
World Market basket ..............14-15
Metamorphosis awards ................17
News from Africa.....................18-19
Chess Game by Ali Ali...................19
letters to the editor......................24
Guest columns ...............................25
New Mainers Alliance ...................25
translations
French............................................7
Swahili ...........................................8
Somali............................................9
Kinyarwanda ..............................20
Portuguese .................................21
Amjambo Africa! (September 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (September 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Indigo Arts Alliance.....................p.2
publisher’s editorial.....................p.4
registering to vote.......................p.4
French............................................p.5
Swahili...........................................p.6
Somali............................................p.7
School resource officers ..............p.8
U.S.-Canada border.....................p.8
News from Africa.........................p.9
Finance/buying a home.............p.10
Guest columns..............11/14/20/21
World market basket...........p.12/13
Héritier Nosso............................p.15
Community org. News........p.16/17
Kinyarwanda..............................p.18
portuguese .................................p.19
outdoor learning.......................p.23
bus Shelters................................p.23
Amjambo Africa! (August 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (August 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
News from Africa ........................p.2
Art Shows....................................p. 3
Publisher’s Editorial ....................p. 4
French .......................................... p.5
Swahil............................................p.6
Somali ...........................................p.7
Canada-U.S. Border.....................p.7
COVID-19 Tips ...........................p. 8
Mills Administration ...................p. 9
Finance/Building Credit ...........p. 10
World Market Basket ..........p. 12/13
Leyla Hashi ................................p. 14
Election season .........................p. 15
Blaine House Visit ....................p. 16
Angolan Community of Maine p. 16
Legislative Update.....................p 17
Awards to community groups p. 17
Kinyarwanda .............................p.18
Portuguese .................................p.19
In Her Presence ....................... p. 20
Columns ....................................p. 21
Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows
Kofifi/Covfefe: How The Costumes Of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa To Western Massachusetts In 2020, Emma Hollows
Masters Theses
This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters.
Amjambo Africa! (July 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (July 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Publisher’s Editorial ....................p. 4
Translations French ...................................... p.5
Swahili...................................... p.6
Somali ....................................... p.7
Kinyarwanda ..........................p.18
Portuguese .............................p.19
News from Africa ........................p. 8
Business, Economics & Financial Literacy...................p. 10
World Market Basket ..........p. 12/13
Legislative Update ......p 17/20/21/9
Community News......................p. 16
Columns..............................................
About hair .................................p. 20
Hope House ..............................p. 19
Safe Healthcare .........................p. 21
Amjambo Africa! (June 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (June 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Ramadan 2020.............................p. 2
Introducing Africa News editor.p. 5
Pious Ali .......................................p. 6
Banyamulenge .............................p. 8
L/A Food needs ...........................p. 9
Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk
Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk
Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series
The three papers collected here are based on a seminar on Islamic Studies Librarianship held on 31 January 2019 at the Aga Khan Library (AKL), in conjunction with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). Curators, area studies directors, and collection librarians, who are currently involved in this field, gathered to discuss common challenges and to identify strategic areas for collaboration.
Positioning And Repositioning: Transnational Identity (Re) Construction And (Re) Negotiation By American-Senegalese Children, Aminata Diop
Positioning And Repositioning: Transnational Identity (Re) Construction And (Re) Negotiation By American-Senegalese Children, Aminata Diop
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The main aim of this dissertation is to study the ways American-Senegalese children position and reposition themselves as they (re) construct and (re) negotiate their transnational identity upon returning to the U.S. from Senegal. This project explores the following questions: 1) why do US-residing Senegalese parents send their children back to their homeland to be raised by relatives? 2) how do these American-Senegalese children (re) construct and (re) negotiate their multiple layers of identities upon returning home after being raised by extended family members for more than a decade?3) and how do the American-Senegalese children (re) story their racial, class, …
The Right Path: Pandit Mami '14 And Friends Make School Possible Once Again For Children In Freetown, Sierra Leone, Laura Meader
The Right Path: Pandit Mami '14 And Friends Make School Possible Once Again For Children In Freetown, Sierra Leone, Laura Meader
Colby Magazine
"You have to explain to them that in the long run this kid is going to be more helpful to you if they're in school than they are selling food in the streets of Freetown." -Pandit Mami '14
Amjambo Africa! (May 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (May 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Legacy of artist & scholar David Driskell...........................p. 2
Navigating COVID-19.................p. 3
US/Canada Border Crossing.......p. 5
Evictions & Rental Assistance.....p. 6
Virtual commemoration .............p. 8
COVID-19 and youth..................p. 9
Unemployment Insurance..........p. 9
Legislation: Stimulus.................p. 11
Preventing a second spike .......p. 19
Food resource listing...........p. 20/21
Their American Dream, Danne Davis
Their American Dream, Danne Davis
Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works
Centuries before W.E.B. DuBois named the colorline—i.e., racism—as the problem of the 20th century, skin color stratification was a persistent phenomenon. In 1983 Black feminist, scholar, and Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker termed “colorism” as “prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their [skin] color”. Using the tools of genealogy, I conducted a critical family history of my parents, Lem and Mae’s, pursuit of their American Dream. Such exploration digs deep to decipher the nexuses of a family’s evolution. Dr. Maya Angelou routinely shared stories about her past to impart the importance of embracing one’s history. …
Amjambo Africa! (April 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (April 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
ILAP on TPS for Somalia.............p. 2
From Camden to Portland........p. 10
Cultivating Community............p. 14
Amjambo Africa for Teachers..p. 15
FAQ about COVID-19..............p. 16
Food Resources ...................p. 20/21
Miss Muslimah 2020 .................p. 22
US-Canada border crossings ...p. 22
Roots Of African American Christianity, Homer Jones
Roots Of African American Christianity, Homer Jones
Georgia College Student Research Events
The basis of African American Christianity is influenced by African religion and the Gullah Geechee Corridor. This study is explored in a performance arts structure of choreography and dramaturgy. This is because there is a strong sense of arts presented in Africa as well as African American religion. This research is explored in Crowns by Regina Taylor. Crowns is important for this research because of the African American culture that is presented specifically at Georgia College and State University. Crowns is the first African American musical that emphasizes the idea of black culture and religion and how African religion is …
Amjambo Africa! (March 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (March 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Why participate in the Census ..p. 4
City Announces Expo Grants .....p. 6
Justice for Women.......................p. 9
Fulbright Scholar Escajeda .........p. 9
Portland Adult Ed .....................p. 11
English Classes...........................p. 14
Musician Angelikah Fahray.......p. 19
Amjambo Africa! (February 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (February 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Free English classes in Portland.. p.4
From Jordan to Maine............... p.13
Legislative Update.................... p.16
Amjambo Africa! (January 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (January 2020), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Transportation planning ...........p. 2
Celebrating Diversity in Maine .p. 3
Opinion on refugee numbers....p. 4
Jamat Ibrahim dreams big..........p. 9
In Her Kitchen ...........................p. 10
Lewiston author pens children’s book.........................p. 13
Food Co-op and MAIN ............p. 18
World Affairs Council...............p. 19
Youth Get Together..................p. 19
After-School Enrichment Programs And Secondary Education Achievement Among African American Males, Willis Roger Carter
After-School Enrichment Programs And Secondary Education Achievement Among African American Males, Willis Roger Carter
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this single case study, at one high school in the Midwest region of United States, was to examine after-school enrichment programs and their connections to improving academic achievement for African American (AA) male students. The central question of what factors in structured after-school enrichment programs (ASEPs) contribute to academic achievement for AA males was studied using social learning theory and punctuated equilibrium as the theoretical guide. Data were collected via face-to-face interviews and surveys administered to 10 administrators, 10 parents, and 10 teachers who met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Data collection also included classroom …
Amjambo Africa! (December 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (December 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
New American Leaders .............p. 2
Ladder to the Moon Conference p. 3
Appeal from 350 Maine .............p. 3
Asylum Seekers & Work Permits p. 4
Palaver Strings ............................ p. 9
Ikirenga Cy'Intore .................... p. 11
New Deal for New Americans Act .............p. 13
Coffee by Design Supports Arts ..........................p. 18
DACEP & ILAP in Lewiston...... p. 18
Mid Coast New Mainers Group ............................................... p. 19
Housing Scams ......................... p. 19
Amjambo Africa! (November 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (November 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This Issue...
Palaver Strings.........................Page 2
Elections ..................................Page 3
Asylum Seeker Update..........Page 3
Mainers Prepare for Winter Page 13
Namory Keita .......................Page 19
Amjambo Africa! (October 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (October 2019), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In This issue...
Lewiston ..................................Page 2
Mana Abdi
Lewiston High School
Lewiston Adult Education
African Gala.............................Page 9
Candidates Talk Issues ...Page 10/11