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Gifts of the Season: Excerpts
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To Our Readers, the Warmest of Holiday Greetings from The Crew at Africana Heritage. Welcome to our special edition "Gifts of the Season," where authors, musicians, filmmakers and webmasters share their works as a special gift to you, our readers. We are honored to feature their work on the pages of Africana, and deeply grateful to them for their generosity. We hope that these "Gifts" will make your holiday season an adventure in self discovery through exploring the lives of our heroes and heroines, learning of our history and seeing the diversity and richness of our traditions. We are proud to present to you a wonderful sampling of the many marvelous works that celebrate our heritage, our ancestors and ourselves. To enjoy "Gifts of the Season," simply click on the images or follow the links to read individual excerpts. Please Enjoy! AOL users should select full-screen view for best display...   Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time, © 2004 by Desmond Tutu, With Douglas Abrams New York: Doubleday Dear Child of God, if we are truly to understand God loves all of us, we must recognize that He loves our enemies, too. God does not share our hatred, no matter what the offense we have endured. We try to claim God for ourselves and for our cause, but God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion. Read Excerpt  Peace on Earth: Morgan Heritage: Freedom Legendary reggae group Morgan Heritage share their song "Freedom," a beautiful message of peace for the holidays. The members of Morgan Heritage seek to "always make sure that our music touches the soul. Even if it's only something simple, it should touch the heart of everyone..." Listen  Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Renowned Scholar and Historian Henry Louis Gates shares The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country Read Excerpt  Gloria Wade-Gayles Inspiring reflections on life, faith and family from one of our most gifted and prolific Griots. Read Excerpts  African American Families Past and Present The selections offered here give testament to the strength and resilient spirit of the African American family unit through the years of bondage, fragmentation and social upheavals encountered from the Middle Passage through the passage of the Civil Rights Bill. Read Excerpts  African American History Read some classics or discover new research on the rich mosaic of African American history. Read Excerpts  African Voices/African Roots Africans in the New World are a people with strong ties to ancestry and traditions. Throughout the Diaspora, the African maintained some degree of his past, imparting it to the future in African tales of trickster animals and larger than life heroes, in naming practices, children’s games and front porch stories told to generations of children of the strong men and women who came before them. Read Excerpts  African/Native American Here we present works that document the alliance of indigenous peoples of the Americas, West Indies and Brazil with enslaved Africans. In these alliances, dissimilar people forged a bond based on what they had in common – the desire to live free of oppression. They combined their talents, skills and bravery to create new social and cultural entities throughout the Diaspora. Read Excerpts  Biographies Read about the lives of remarkable African Americans Read Excerpts  Creole Identities Diverse experiences of the Diaspora forged new cultural identities and traditions Read Excerpts  Gifts for Young Readers Looking for books to inspire young readers? Sample works that celebrate cultural diversity and introduce young readers to the mosaic of world cultures. Read Excerpts  Genealogy and Oral History The Oral Historian or Griot tradition is fundamental to West African culture. The Griot is responsible for learning and reciting the history of a family group, tribe or royal lineage. Alex Haley’s Roots introduced African Americans to the Griot or Jeliba. The tradition came to the New World with us and continues today in the works of our storytellers from Zora to Maya and all the Big Mamas and Pawpaws who know the value of recalling the past. Read Excerpts  Literature and Folklore Enriching selections of African American writing, folklore, drama, and more. Sample classics or discover new favorites. Read Excerpts  Teachers' Resources Lesson plans, online resources and much more for grades K through 12. Read Excerpts |
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