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Huffman, Lauren E., Dawn K. Wilson, Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, Jordan E. Lyerly, Haylee M. Gause, and Ken Resnicow. "Associations between Culturally Relevant Recruitment Strategies and Participant Interest, Enrollment and Generalizability in a Weight-loss Intervention for African American Families." Ethnicity & Disease 26, no. 3 (July 20, 2016): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.26.3.295.

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<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Culturally relevant recruitment strategies may be an important approach for recruiting ethnic minorities for interventions. Previous research has examined associations between recruitment strategies and enrollment of African Americans (AA), but has not explored more deeply the role of incorporating sociocultural values into recruitment strategies. Our current study explores whether sociocultural recruitment mediums were associated with demographics, interest and enrollment in a weight-loss intervention. </p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Sociocultural mediums included community partnerships, culturally relevant ads, sociocultural events, or word-of-mouth. Non-sociocultural mediums included community/ school events that did not specifically target AAs. Analyses examined whether demographics of enrolled families differed by recruitment strategy and if recruitment strategy predicted scheduling a baseline visit, enrolling in a run-in phase, and enrolling in the intervention program. <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Families recruited from culturally relevant ads, sociocultural events, or word-of- mouth were 1.96 times more likely to schedule a baseline visit (OR=1.96, 95% CI=1.05, 3.68) than families recruited from non-sociocultural mediums. No differences were found for sociocultural mediums on enrolling in the run-in phase or the intervention. However, among enrolled families, those recruited from sociocultural mediums were less likely to be employed (X2 [1, N=142] =5.53, P&lt;.05) and more likely to have lower income (X2 [1, N=142] =13.57, P&lt;.05). </p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sociocultural mediums were associated with scheduling a baseline visit, but not enrollment. They were, however, effective in recruiting a more generalizable sample among enrolled participants based on demographic characteristics. Integrating sociocultural values into recruitment methods may be a valuable strategy for increasing interest in participation among underrepresented AA families. <em>Ethn Dis. </em>2016;26(3):295-304; doi:10.18865/ed.26.3.295 </p>
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Knowlden, Adam P., and Manoj Sharma. "Examining The Effectiveness Of Interventions Designed To Increase Mammography Adherence Among African American Women." American Journal of Health Sciences (AJHS) 2, no. 2 (November 22, 2011): 29–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/ajhs.v2i2.6625.

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The objective of this paper was to assess and synthesize the key findings, conclusions, and recommendations of mammography interventions targeting African American women conducted between 1999 and 2010. Collection of materials for this study included searches of academic databases using the following inclusion criteria: 1) publication in the English language, 2) between 1999 and 2010, 3) conducted in the United States, 4) targeting African American women. Titles and abstracts of identified studies were evaluated independently by two researchers. A total of 24 studies met the inclusion criteria. Interventions were categorized as either practice-based or community-based. Classifications were then sub-categorized based on the employment of targeted or tailored strategies. Culturally-appropriate tailored and targeted messages are an effective approach to increase screening mammography adherence. Community-wide interventions that employ lay health advisors were found to assist in offsetting issues related to trust and access. Interventions delivered in faith-based settings were effective mediums for increasing adherence to screening guidelines. Stepped-care interventions were an efficient, cost-effective method for increasing adherence among non-compliant populations. The majority of the identified studies relied upon theoretical frameworks to guide the intervention. Community-based interventions should progress from atheoretical to theory-based intervention frameworks.
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Sebryuk, Anna N. "The legacy of Sea Island Creole English: Sociolinguistic features of Gullah." Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Language and Literature 19, no. 1 (2022): 195–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/spbu09.2022.111.

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This paper builds on the renewed interest in preserving the multiethnic origins of the United States and recognizing a profound impact of the Black experience on the American nation. The article centers on the Gullah language, one of the primary roots of modern African American English and the only remaining English-related Creole language in North America. The pidgin language, which originally evolved as a medium of communication between slaves from various regions of Africa and their owners, is still spoken by Black communities across coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. While inland African American English (AAE) has received much attention in linguistic circles over past decades, relatively little research has been done on varieties of AAE spoken in the rural American South. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the origin and history of Gullah and to present a linguistic description of its most peculiar features. The Gullah language represents a combination of English and Central and West African languages. Geographical isolation, predominance of the Black population, and social and economic independence contributed to its development and survival. Also, in contrast with inland African Americans, the Gullah Geechee communities historically have had little contact with whites. Several folktales written in Gullah have been analyzed for discussing its persistent patterns. Characterizing Gullah is important for our increased understanding of the origins of AAE. Therefore, the article will be useful for scholars interested in Atlantic creoles and in African American and Diaspora Studies.
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Ibrahimi, Sahra, Korede K. Yusuf, Deepa Dongarwar, Sitratullah Olawunmi Maiyegun, Chioma Ikedionwu, and Hamisu M. Salihu. "COVID-19 Devastation of African American Families: Impact on Mental Health and the Consequence of Systemic Racism." International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS (IJMA) 9, no. 3 (September 16, 2020): 390–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.408.

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African Americans are bearing a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 pandemic. To our knowledge, no previous study has delineated inequities potentially incentivized by systemic racism, and whether synergistic effects impose an abnormally high burden of social determinants of mental health on African American families in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. We applied the social ecological model (SEM) to portray inequities induced by systemic racism that impact the mental health of African American families. In our model, we identified systemic racism to be the primary operator of mental health disparity, which disproportionately affects African American families at all levels of the SEM. Programs tailored towards reducing the disproportionate detrimental effects of COVID-19 on the mental health of African Americans need to be culturally appropriate and consider the nuances of systemic racism, discrimination, and other institutionalized biases. Key words: • African American • COVID-19 • Mental health • Systemic racism • Social determinants of mental health Copyright © 2020 Ibrahimi et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.
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Schroedel, Jean Reith, and Roger J. Chin. "Whose Lives Matter: The Media’s Failure to Cover Police Use of Lethal Force Against Native Americans." Race and Justice 10, no. 2 (October 15, 2017): 150–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2153368717734614.

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The August 9, 2014, police shooting of Michael Brown reinvigorated the Black Lives Matter movement and triggered widespread media scrutiny of police use of lethal force against African Americans. Yet, there is another group, Native Americans, whose members have experienced very high levels of fatal encounters with the police, but whose deaths arguably have not generated media attention. In this research, we tracked the numbers of African American and Native American deaths associated with police use of lethal force as well as fatalities in police custody following arrest from May 1, 2014, through the end of October 2016. Then, we examined the extent of mainstream media coverage given to these fatalities in the 10 highest circulation newspapers in the United States. Finally, we considered the reasons for the disparities between the two groups.
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Perry, Ravi K. "Black Mayors in Non-Majority Black (Medium Sized) Cities: Universalizing the Interests of Blacks." Ethnic Studies Review 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 89–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/esr.2009.32.1.89.

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The nature of political representation of Black constituents' interests from their elected Black representatives is changing in the twentyfirst century. Increasingly, African Americans are being elected to political offices where the majority of their constituents are not African American. Previous research on this question tended to characterize Black politicians' efforts to represent their Black constituents' interests in two frames: deracialized or racialized (McCormick and Jones 1993; Cruse 1990). However, the advent of the twenty-first century has exhausted the utility ofthat polarization. Black politicians no longer find explicit racial appeals appropriate for their electoral goals, given the changing demographic environment, and greater acceptance of African American politicians in highprofile positions of power. Black politicians also increasingly find that a lack of attention to racial disparities facing constituents within their political boundaries does not effectively address why certain groups like Blacks are disproportionately and negatively affected than others, across a range of issues. Rather than continue to make efforts to represent Black interests within those two frames, Black politicians have begun to universalize the interests of Blacks.
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Oduor, Peter Lee Ochieng. "Inculturation Methodology as the Medium towards the Formulation and Establishment of an African Ecclesiology of Ubuntu." East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 3, no. 2 (July 29, 2021): 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajtcr.3.2.369.

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The emergence of ecclesiology scholarship in recent theological discourse has exposed the various approaches that ecclesiology has been studied as a distinctive discipline. The traditional ecclesiological approach has prioritized the scholarship of ecclesiology from the perspective of specific denominational orders. There has also been an approach of ecclesiology that revolves around the perspective of some renowned theologians on the basis of their affiliation to their respective church organizations. The most recent approach has been the global ecclesiology that prioritizes the concept of contextualization while looking at ecclesiological discourse from distinct sociocultural-geographical contexts. Three geographical regions hold a wealth of significance by virtue of the global trajectory of Christianity towards the global South: Asia, Africa and Latin America. African ecclesiology plays a critical role in this arrangement and is a major contributor to global ecclesiology. In this understanding, it is imperative for the pursuit of an African ecclesiology to appreciate the concept of Ubuntu as a definitive expression of the African identity. The problem is the methodology of ecclesiological scholarship in Africa that ignores the significance Ubuntu has and resultantly births a foreign ecclesiology to the indigenous African population. It is important to acknowledge that the approach of ecclesiology that will thrive in Africa is nothing less than an Ubuntu ecclesiology that prioritizes community and relationships reminiscent of our traditional African portrait as foundational pillars for her establishment. The formulation and establishment of an African friendly ecclesiology of Ubuntu can only be facilitated by the usage of the inculturation method of theology. This methodology accords due consideration to the African heritage with regard to their culture, spirituality and religious background emphasizing the values from traditional Africa that are helpful to Christian life and condemning those practices that are non-Christian in nature.
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Dixson, Dante D., Cyrell C. B. Roberson, and Frank C. Worrell. "Psychosocial Keys to African American Achievement? Examining the Relationship Between Achievement and Psychosocial Variables in High Achieving African Americans." Journal of Advanced Academics 28, no. 2 (March 31, 2017): 120–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932202x17701734.

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Grit, growth mindset, ethnic identity, and other group orientation are four psychosocial variables that have been associated with academic achievement in adolescent populations. In a sample of 105 high achieving African American high school students (cumulative grade point average [GPA] > 3.0), we examined whether these four psychosocial variables contributed to the achievement of high achieving African Americans beyond the contribution of socioeconomic status (SES) and other demographic variables. Results indicated that the psychosocial variables were not significant predictors of academic achievement for the high achieving African American students in this sample. However, SES was a significant predictor of the academic achievement with a medium effect size. These findings suggest that interventions focused on grit, growth mindset, ethnic identity, and other group orientation may not be as effective as hypothesized.
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Asombang, Akwi W., R. Madsen, M. Simuyandi, G. Phiri, M. Bechtold, J. A. Ibdah, K. Lishimpi, and L. Banda. "Pancreatic Cancer: Patterns in a Low- to Middle-Income Population, Zambia." Medical Journal of Zambia 44, no. 4 (December 29, 2017): 212–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.55320/mjz.44.4.96.

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Introduction In 2007, the Cancer Disease Hospital (CDH) was opened as the national referral center for patients diagnosed with cancer in Zambia. Since inception of the CDH, there has been no systematic analysis of the disease burden and implication on healthcare delivery with regards to pancreatic cancer. There are limited studies describing patterns of pancreatic cancer in a native African population. Data suggest African-Americans have a higher incidence and poorer prognosis of pancreatic cancer than non-African Americans. Objective: Our aim is to describe the demographic features (age, gender) of pancreatic cancer using the Cancer Disease Hospital (CDH) data base in a native African population and compare with the African-American cohort using the Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program database. Methods This was a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the CDH in Zambia, Southern Africa between 2007 and 2014. We entered the term “pancreatic cancer” into the CDH database, extracted patient medical records numbers, and manually located the records for review. From each chart we extracted: age, gender, geographic origin, ethnicity, clinical features at presentations, location of tumor, stage at diagnosis and treatment. Data collection tool and master code sheet created a priori were used. Data was analyzed using statistical analysis software (SAS). Descriptive statistics including means, medians as well as frequency distributions and cross-tabulations were used. SEER database was used to compare subjects between Zambia and USA. Groups were compared using Chi-square tests and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. A p-value less than 0.05 was used as the level of significance. Results Thirty-eight charts were identified in the CDH dataset, of which 27 were included in final analysis and 11 excluded (5 non-pancreatic cancer diagnosis, 6 not manually located). The mean age of diagnosis was 55.7 years in the native African population, compared to 66.7 years for the African-Americans in the SEER database, p < 0.0001. There were 63.0% males (CDH) compared to 48.1% (SEER), p=0.121. Further review of the CDH database revealed that the most common presenting symptom was abdominal pain (52.6%), mode of diagnosis surgical (83%, missing 3), histopathology adenocarcinoma (86%, missing 6), location head of pancreas (83%, missing 9) and stage 4 at diagnosis (100%, missing 3). ConclusionPancreatic cancer occurs at a younger age in Zambians when compared to the African American, USA population. There is no statistically significant difference in sex presentation between Zambian and USA black population.
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Yusuf, Korede K., Deepa Dongarwar, Sahra Ibrahimi, Chioma Ikedionwu, Sitratullah O. Maiyegun, and Hamisu M. Salihu. "Expected Surge in Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity among African-Americans in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS (IJMA) 9, no. 3 (September 16, 2020): 386–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.21106/ijma.405.

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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, African-American mothers were three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes compared to white mothers. The impact of the pandemic among African- Americans could further worsen the racial disparities in maternal mortality (MM) and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). This study aimed to create a theoretical framework delineating the contributors to an expected rise in maternal mortality (MM) and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) among African-Americans in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic due to preliminary studies suggesting heightened vulnerability of African-Americans to the virus as well as its adverse health effects. Rapid searches were conducted in PubMed and Google to identify published articles on the health determinants of MM and SMM that have been or likely to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic in African-Americans. We identified socioeconomic and health trends determinants that may contribute to future adverse maternal health outcomes. There is a need to intensify advocacy, implement culturally acceptable programs, and formulate policies to address social determinants of health. Keywords: • COVID-19 • Maternal mortality • Severe maternal morbidity • African-Americans Copyright © 2020 Yusuf et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in this journal, is properly cited.
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Maples-Wallace, Rajah. "Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1418050.

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Long, Sheila Faye. "AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES' ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY AT A MEDIUM-SIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1370.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF SHEILA LONG, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, presented on April 4, 2017, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: African American Males’ Achievement in Literacy at a Medium-sized School District MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. John McIntyre, Examination Committee Chair The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine how culturally relevant pedagogy affects African American males’ academic achievement in literacy. The study examined the perceptions of third grade teachers and third grade African American male students about the use of culturally relevant pedagogy in their classrooms. Culturally relevant pedagogy is defined operationally as “student-centered approach to teaching in which the students' unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being about the student's cultural place in the world.” Culturally relevant pedagogy is consistent with students’ values and culture that ensures academic achievement while still meeting the expectations of the school district and state requirements. This study was a sequential explanatory mixed method study. Phase one of the study was a quantitative survey of 20 questions that was completed by 8 3rd grade teachers. A small sample size. The data was analyzed using matched pair T-Test of teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive literacy use in the classrooms and African American males’ vocabulary. In addition to the surveys, Pre- and Post-Vocabulary Tests were collected from 47 3rd grade African American males who attend school in this predominantly white school district. Phase II of the study was a convenience sample of 9 3rd grade teachers and 19 African American males 3rd grade students. I investigated the students’ perceptions of culturally responsive pedagogy through the use of the Journeys (2013) basal series in classrooms. The data was collected and analyzed using interviews and observations. The following questions were addressed to explore the research topic: First, how does the use of culturally responsive pedagogy increase African American males’ achievement in literacy as measured by I-Ready assessment? Second, what perceptions do teachers have about the use of culturally responsive pedagogy in their classrooms? Third, what perceptions do third grade African American male students have about the use of culturally responsive pedagogy in their classrooms? The findings of the study showed that African American males’ literacy scores increased with the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy using the Journeys’ (2013) Basal series.
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Smith, Roslyn Nicole. "Medias Res, Temporal Double-Consciousness and Resistance in Octavia Butler's Kindred." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11242007-230409/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007.
Title from file title page. Elizabeth West, committee chair; Layli Phillips, Kameelah Martin Samuel, committee members. Electronic text (52 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Jan. 30, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-52).
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Books on the topic "African American mediums"

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Company of prophets: African American psychics, healers & visionaries. St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A: Llewellyn Publications, 1991.

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Black demons: Media's depiction of the African American male criminal stereotype. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2004.

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Taylor, Vivian. Art songs and spirituals by African-American women composers. Edited by King Betty Jackson 1928-1994, Moore Undine S, Perry Julia 1924-1979, Perry Julia 1924-1979, Bonds Margaret, and Price Florence 1887-1953. Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Pub. Co., 1995.

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Rome, Dennis. Black demons: The media's depiction of the African American male criminal stereotype. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.

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Bilder des Wandels in Schwarz und Weiss: Afro-amerikanische Identität im Medium der frühen Fotografie (1880-1930). Bielefeld: Transcript, 2013.

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Newman, Mark. Entrepreneurs of profit and pride: From Black-appeal to radio soul. New York: Praeger, 1988.

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Keiner, Marco. From Understanding to Action: Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2004.

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Coggs, Rowell Anita, ed. Soaring inspiration: The journey of an original Tuskegee airman. [North Charleston, S.C: CreateSpace], 2012.

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Segregated skies: All-Black combat squadrons of WW II. Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

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Rocco, Moretto, ed. Men of iron: A tribute to courage : a combat medic's journey from North Africa to Germany with the 26th Infantry of the "Big Red One". Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris, 2011.

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Vollmer, R., J. Espirilla, J. C. Sánchez, L. Arroyo, G. Flores, A. Rojas, N. L. Anglin, J. Kreuze, and D. Ellis. "Accelerated In Vitro Propagation of Sweetpotato Clones (Ipomoea batatas L.)." In Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops, 133–49. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5767-2_7.

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AbstractFast and reliable propagation of plant material is an important need in different stages of breeding programs and production systems. In vitro propagation ensures that pathogen- and virus-free plants stay phytosanitary clean over time while providing high multiplication rates. Using liquid instead of solid culture medium can reduce the interval of individual propagation cycles and contributes to speeding up of the process (1.5–2.5 times), especially during the initial growth phase of the plants. Sophisticated immersion systems have been developed for many plant species, but they are difficult to apply when hundreds or thousands of different genotypes are propagated simultaneously. Additionally, these systems require a high input of technical equipment, know-how and experience to avoid bacterial or fungal contamination during the propagation process. The following protocol describes a low-input suspension technique that combines the use of liquid and solid medium, and permits the successful propagation of genetically diverse sweetpotato genotypes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] with a high multiplication rate. As sweetpotato is an important staple crop in low-income/technology countries of Africa, Asia, and South America, the described method may find valuable application for the breeding programs in these regions.
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Moustier, Paule, Michelle Holdsworth, Dao The Anh, Pape Abdoulaye Seck, Henk Renting, Patrick Caron, and Nicolas Bricas. "Priorities for Inclusive Urban Food System Transformations in the Global South." In Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation, 281–303. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15703-5_15.

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AbstractThis chapter is concerned with identifying: (i) challenges to food systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America caused by urban development, (ii) how existing food systems respond to these challenges, and (iii) what can be done to improve their responsiveness. The chapter is based on the authors’ published research complemented by additional literature. We define ‘urban food systems’ as food systems linked to cities by material and human flows. Urbanisation poses challenges related to food and nutritional security with the co-existence of multiple forms of malnutrition (especially for women and children/adolescents), changing employment (including for women), and environmental protection. It is widely acknowledged that contemporary food systems respond differently to these challenges according to their traditional (small-scale, subsistence, informal) versus modern (large-scale, value-oriented, formal) characteristics. We go beyond this classification and propose six types of urban food system: subsistence, short relational, long relational, value-oriented small and medium enterprise (SME)-driven, value-oriented supermarket-driven, and digital. These correspond to different consumer food environments in terms of subsistence versus market orientation, access through retail markets, shops or supermarkets, diversity of food, prices and food quality attributes. Urban food supply chains differ not only in scale and technology, but also in the origin (rural, urban or imports) and perishability of food products. We stress the complementarity between short chains that supply many perishable and fresh food items (usually nutrient-dense) and long chains that involve collectors, wholesalers, retailers, storage and processing enterprises for many calorie-rich staple food commodities. More and more SMEs are upgrading their business through technologies, consumer orientation, and stakeholder coordination patterns, including food clusters and alliances.Urban food systems based on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have proven resilient in times of crisis (including in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic). Rather than promoting the linear development of so-called ‘traditional’ towards ‘modern’ food systems, we propose seven sets of recommendations aimed at further upgrading MSME business, improving the affordability and accessibility of food to ensure food and nutritional security while accounting for the specificities of urban contexts of low- and middle-income countries.
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Blain, Keisha N. "“A Certain Bond be Tween the Colored Peoples”." In The Black Intellectual Tradition, 235–53. University of Illinois Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252043857.003.0011.

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Black internationalism, a global racial consciousness and commitment to universal emancipation, has been a fundamental aspect of the Black intellectual tradition since the era of the American Revolution. For centuries, Black men and women have articulated Black internationalism through various mediums, including journalism and overseas travel. Drawing on various primary sources—archival material, historical newspapers, and government records—this chapter highlights Black men’s and women’s internationalist ideas, emphasizing their engagement with Japan during the early twentieth century. Amid the sociopolitical upheavals of the period, Black Americans from all walks of life participated in internationalist movements and deployed internationalist rhetoric to underscore the shared strategies of resistance and the political exchanges and historical connections between people of African descent in the United States and other non-Whites globally. Through an array of writings and speeches, Black men and women articulated global visions of freedom and sought to build transnational and transracial alliances with other people of color in order to secure civil and human rights.
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Morse, Heidi. "Roman Studios." In Classicisms in the Black Atlantic, 133–62. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814122.003.0006.

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The Roman residencies of two American artists, nineteenth-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis and contemporary photographer Carrie Mae Weems, illustrate the value of locating classical receptions in the African diaspora in unexpected places and mediums. Rome’s status as the epicenter of ancient imperialism, as well as a hub for the intertwined legacies of race and neoclassicism in transatlantic modernity, makes it a particularly charged site for black women artists. Analyzing photographs in Weems’s 2006 series Roaming as portals into the cultural and geographic spaces occupied by Lewis as she designed her 1876 sculpture Death of Cleopatra, this chapter demonstrates the breadth and vibrancy of black women’s visual interventions into modern perceptions of the classical past. Inspired by the enduring material and cultural presences of ancient Egypt in modern Rome, both artists mark out Roman spaces as historic as well as contemporary spaces for blackness, rather than facades performing whiteness.
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Gardiner, Carl L. "Media Communication Perspectives of African American Males Regarding Criminal Behaviors." In African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity, 28–38. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7835-2.ch003.

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The representation of African Americans in the media has been a major concern in mainstream American culture and is also a component of media bias in the United States. Representation, in itself, refers to the construction in any medium of aspects of “reality” such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities, and other abstract concepts. Such representations may be in speech or writing as well as still or moving pictures. Media representation of minorities is not always seen in a positive light; therefore, representation of African Americans in particular propagates somewhat controversial and misconstrued images of what African American represent. According to Potter, research on the portrayal of African Americans in prime-time television from 1955 to 1986 found that only 6% of the characters were African Americans, while 89% of the TV population was white. Among these African-American characters, 19% lacked a high school diploma, and 47% were low in economic status.
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Oppelt, Riaan. "Injustice at Both Ends: Pre- and Post-apartheid Literary Approaches to Injustice, Sentiment and Humanism in the Work of C. Louis Leipoldt, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and the Film Invictus." In African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity. Edinburgh University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474400404.003.0011.

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This chapter offers an historical reading of injustices in South Africa. Drawing on South African fiction as well as the medium of film, it documents the injustice of the sociohistorical constellation after the South African War on to the one during apartheid. The chapter analyses C. Louis Leipoldt's novel The Mask, a depiction of perceived injustice on the part of early twentieth-century Afrikaners in South Africa, along with the book A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and the film Invictus for their contributions to the concept of African humanism. The chapter also discusses the legacy of Nelson Mandela's humanism, with its emphasis on the communal effort against mass injustice.
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Sandler, Matt. "Black Romanticism and the Lyric as the Medium of the Conspiracy." In African American Literature in Transition, 1850–1865, 149–70. Cambridge University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108647847.011.

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Tucker, Terrence T. "Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled." In Furiously Funny. University Press of Florida, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054360.003.0006.

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On the heels of the expansion of comic rage into art forms beyond literature and stand-up, this chapter examines the presence of comic rage in films directed by African Americans. After the Blaxploitation Era and the surge of black films and television shows in the 1990s, these films critiqued the problematic representations of blackness that have been imbedded in two of the most popular mediums of the second half of the twentieth century. While Hollywood Shuffle castigates the limited roles African Americans are given in film, Bamboozled exposes the virtual return to blackface minstrelsy that black actors are expected to accept in an allegedly more diverse TV landscape. Both works wrestle with questions of authenticity that are imposed by mainstream society or blindly adopted by African Americans responding with simplistic “real” yet destructive counter-representations.
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Welsh, Kariamu. "The “Gospel” of Memory." In Hot Feet and Social Change, 84–103. University of Illinois Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252042959.003.0006.

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William Serrano-Franklin presents an interview with Assane Konte, the co-founder of a Washington, D.C. dance institution, Kankouran West African Dance Company (KWADC). Accompanied by a series of historical photographs, Serrano-Franklin documents Konte’s desire to reintroduce black Americans to West African culture through the medium of dance. Konte’s personal direction and the spirit of Kankouran have guided the development of dynamic community engagement practices with benefits beyond dance as an art form.
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Jenkins, Rhys. "China’s Economic Impacts on Latin America." In How China is Reshaping the Global Economy, 271–303. 2nd ed. Oxford University PressOxford, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192866356.003.0011.

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Abstract The chapter considers three aspects of China’s economic impact on Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). It looks first at the direct and indirect effects of increased Chinese demand for commodities which benefitted a number of LAC economies in the short and medium term. China’s role in financing and building infrastructure in the region has been less significant than in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The impact on manufacturing has been of much greater concern with all the main countries in the region facing increased competition in the domestic market and those that had developed significant exports of manufactures also losing out in third markets. Three case studies of Brazil, Mexico and Chile illustrate different patterns of economic relations between China and Latin America.
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Eilitta, Marjatta, and Michael Boyer. "Supporting Argo-processing in Africa." In 2022 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21748/vavs9810.

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Improved oilseed processing has tremendous potential to improve nutrition, food security, and incomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); however, processors face limitations that hinder their growth. For example, only 56% of soybeans produced in SSA are processed. The Soybean Innovation Lab survey highlighted constraints to agro-processors' operations such as access to raw materials, cash flow, cost of entry and operation, and lack of equipment. But while agri-food processing in SSA is still lagging, Reardon (2015) observed an incipient €œquiet revolution€ in such midstream activities. Today, agro-processors in SSA demonstrate great potential to support economic growth€”from large, international companies, to medium/small enterprises supplying districts and towns, to micro enterprises serving communities. These enterprises also provide income-earning opportunities for women, youth, and vulnerable populations, directly impacting their food security and nutrition. To spur growth, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other donors have invested in improving agro-processing in SSA. In Southern Africa, the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS), Soybean Innovation Lab, and USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer Program implemented by Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) are conducting a pilot to connect AOCS volunteers with processors. This presentation reviews the experiences with the partnership and describes how AOCS members can support African agro-processors.
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Thompson, John, Thompson, John, Njuguna Ndung’u, Miguel Albacete, Abid Q. Suleri, Junaid Zahid, and Rubab Aftab. The Impact of Covid-19 on Livelihoods and Food Security. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/core.2021.002.

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Studies of livelihoods and food systems since the start of the global pandemic in 2020 have shown a consistent pattern: the primary risks to food and livelihood security are at the household level. Covid-19 is having a major impact on households’ production and access to quality, nutritious food, due to losses of income, combined with increasing food prices, and restrictions to movements of people, inputs and products. The studies included in this Research for Policy and Practice Report and supported by the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) Programme span several continents and are coordinated by leading research organisations with a detailed understanding of local food system dynamics and associated equity and livelihood issues in their regions: (1) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) supporting small and medium enterprises, food security, and evolving social protection mechanisms to deal with Covid-19 in Pakistan; and (3) impact of Covid-19 on family farming and food security in Latin America: evidence-based public policy responses.
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Thompson, John, Thompson, John, Njuguna Ndung’u, Miguel Albacete, Abid Q. Suleri, Junaid Zahid, and Rubab Aftab. The Impact of Covid-19 on Livelihoods and Food Security. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/core.2021.001.

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Studies of livelihoods and food systems since the start of the global pandemic in 2020 have shown a consistent pattern: the primary risks to food and livelihood security are at the household level. Covid-19 is having a major impact on households’ production and access to quality, nutritious food, due to losses of income, combined with increasing food prices, and restrictions to movements of people, inputs and products. The studies included in this Research for Policy and Practice Report and supported by the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) Programme span several continents and are coordinated by leading research organisations with a detailed understanding of local food system dynamics and associated equity and livelihood issues in their regions: (1) the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) supporting small and medium enterprises, food security, and evolving social protection mechanisms to deal with Covid-19 in Pakistan; and (3) impact of Covid-19 on family farming and food security in Latin America: evidence-based public policy responses.
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