Oral History Project For this oral presentation‚ I decided to interview one of my close friend’s grandmother. Her name is Mary Fonte and she was born in 1938. Ms. Mary was very knowledgeable about many things and our interview lasted over two hours. I found her to be very interesting and full of fascinating stories. She has witnessed many changes and experienced different eras in her lifetime. She has endured numerous progressions and countless advancement over the years. I found Ms. Mary
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For my oral history project I wanted to interview my grandmother. But when it came time to do the interview our schedules did not meet up. Then I decided to interview my mother‚ I wanted to see what she believed then and now about gender. I knew it was going to be a bit different than my views‚ because we had different experiences in our life. My mother grew up in the Dominican Republic and at the age of eighteen she moved to the United States of America with her younger brother. When here they faced
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Oral History Project By: Kasey Lynn Interview: On February 17th I interviewed my grandma‚ Susan Lynn. At first she was a little overwhelmed with all the questions I had for her‚ but the interview seemed to go smoothly. My Grandma was recently in the hospital so I only had one day that I could interview her. The day I interviewed her not only did we have her over for dinner‚ but we also had my other grandma and three aunts. The house was a little noisy but we managed.
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Chanel Harry April 27‚ 2013 HIST 118 Prof. Tsokodayi The Great Zimbabwe There are many great African kingdoms in history that have been documented throughout time. Most of them we don’t know very much about unless we take an Africa history course such as this one because African history is left out of the “mainstream” history books. The Great Zimbabwe is one of the kingdoms that caught my attention in this course. Modern Zimbabwe is named after the enclosures that were
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Importance of Family Tradition Going through my high school career I was always interested in higher education. College gives people many opportunities to succeed in life and offers the necessary tools to survive in this world. It always baffled me why my parents and generations above them didn’t attend college. Only a few of my family members even have their high school diploma. Since no one in my family went to college I was sort of hesitant at first. I also became very nervous during the application
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The African American Culture and Traditions A Research Study and Facts That Will Take Us Into What Makes This Culture So Unique. Jeanette C. Council Dr. Jefferson Rackley COUN 504 5 May 2012 Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify the uniqueness and diversity of people and practices of the African American culture. Each culture in life has some similarities and some differences. The similarities and differences that are present in a culture is what make the
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Introduction Virginia is an eighty-five-year women whom I met while doing my internship with the Alzheimer’s association this summer. We both share the same ambition about getting the word out about Alzheimer’s. She has been a volunteer with the association since 2003. Virginia takes life day by day and believes that in order to age successfully you need to stay active in the things you love and to also learn new things. Virginia was born and raised in downtown Chicago‚ a few blocks from Wrigley
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Sources of african history A source of history can be divided into two big groups‚ remnants and storytelling which usually are called primary and secondary sources. The primary sources‚ remnants and written documents are counted as more reliable than the oral history. African history has been a challenge for researchers because of scarce written sources in many regions‚ especially sub – Saharan Africa. Prejudice against black Africans in particular‚ which goes far back in history‚ has meant that
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passed down from generation to generation that include Legends‚ Myths‚ and Fairy Tales. Legends are a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Myths are a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are a children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. “What culture and beliefs that they practice and believe
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Native American Literature and Oral Traditions A gentleman named David Eller once quoted‚ “Insularity is the foundation of ethnocentrism and intolerance; when you only know of those like yourself‚ it is easy to imagine that you are alone in the world or alone in being good and right in the world. Exposure to diversity‚ on the contrary‚ is the basis for relativism and tolerance; when you are forced to face and accept the other as real‚ unavoidable‚ and ultimately valuable‚ you cannot help but see
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