Essays about: "African Diaspora"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words African Diaspora.

1. 1. 'No house can be built without foundation' : A phenomenographic study around the making of Choreography in HipHop

   University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogik

   Author : Jutta Sulkala; [2023]
   Keywords : Choreography; Freestyle; Hip-Hop; African diaspora; Pedagogy; Koreografi; Freestyle; Hip-Hop; Afrikansk diaspora; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions of Hip-Hop choreography and Hip-Hop choreography’s relation to freestyle. In order to accomplish that purpose, three dance artists were interviewed and a phenomenographical approach was used. READ MORE

3. 2. Coming to Voice Through Capoeira : Uncovering Ancestrality and Embodiments of the African Diaspora

   University essay from

   Author : Ana Da Conceição Paz; [2023]
   Keywords : Capoeira; Radical Openness; African diaspora; Embodiments; Ancestral; Resistance;

   Abstract : Capoeira is an African diasporic art form that developed in Brazil during the transatlantic slave trade. This research explores the history of Capoeira and its contemporary engagement through an autoethnographic method. It follows the first-hand experience of being a black female researcher and a Capoeirista both in Europe and Brazil. READ MORE

4. 3. The Single Story of Africa : Perceptions of the Finnish African Diaspora in Relation to NGO’s Visual Imageries

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Petra Isabel Dinan; [2022]
   Keywords : visual representation; postcolonial theory; Finnish African diaspora; development NGO; photo-elicitation;

   Abstract : The colonial legacy of development aid has been widely discussed in academia. This study uses postcolonial theory to shed light upon how one Finnish NGO’s visual imageries affect the representation of the African continent. READ MORE

5. 4. The Father of Healing : An Analysis of the Father in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing the River

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Jennifer Orwald; [2022]
   Keywords : Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; colonialism; postcolonialism; displacement; internalization; roots; routes;

   Abstract : The father in Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips is a character burdened by guilt due to his implication in his children’s enslavement. He can be considered a supernatural being since his character transcends time. READ MORE

6. 5. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
   Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

   Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE