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Question 1 .
When we consider issues in the Tran-Atlantic African Diaspora, what regions are we talking about? We studied these world areas in this class: Brazil, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad. Where these regions are, ...are they in North America, South America, Central America or the Caribbean Islands?
Question 2
Artistic Movements Related to Citizenship- Paintings, Literature and Poetry: The Harlem
Renaissance, and Negritude-the Harlem Renaissance artists & writers- North America: U.S.-Negritude Writers- The Caribbean, and Africa What were their main issues of concern?
How are they different?Influences, debates, unique to each group of thinkers and artists Who were some key people and what was their approach/styles
Question 3
Course Theme V: Innovation
A. Continued Efforts at Inclusion: Innovations in Politics -
What kind of global movement emerged for political mobilization? (provide the name of the movement, identify the person who articulated the guiding principles for the movement)
-Can you list some social forces working against African descendants at the time ?...
-List those related to a lack of social equality (give examples)
-List those related to a lack of political power to change the social problems that faced them (give examples)
-What problems did they decide to tackle at their organized meetings ? ...
Question 4
Identity and Citizenship Revisited: new and re-occurring themes
A. Foundations of thought on racially based discrimination -
-What were the global models of power and dominance during late 1800s early to mid 1900s? How did those models of power affect African descendants?
-What did science bring that eventually powerful policy makers would adopt and use to bolster their positions of power?
B. Activism & Theories of protest: Non-violence (where does this method of protest come from, how does it work, what kind of problems has it been applied, what are its strengths and where are the limitations or shortcomings of this methodology?)
C.Key Issues & Debates for Activists throughout the African Diaspora Due to the various styles of activism, what were the key debates within black communities throughout the African diaspora during the mid to late 1900s (1950s-1990s)?