Article: Postmodern ethnography and the womanist mission: postcolonial sensibilities in 'Possessing the Secret of Joy.'

Article: Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision
AP Online;  April 5, 2007 ;     228 words ......it has abolished the practice of female circumcision, describing it as a threat to the...incites, promotes or witnesses female circumcision is subject to a fine and imprisonment...The ban was imposed on March 31. "Female circumcision is a procedure that seriously endangers...

Article: Empowerment groups for urban African American girls: a response.(EXTENDED DISCUSSION)
Professional School Counseling;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......article is most likely influenced by my own experiences as an African American female and mother of an African American daughter. To me, the paramount issue facing African American females is the double and sometimes triple oppressions that...

Article: "I'm gonna glory in learnin'": academic aspirations of African American characters in children's literature.
African American Review;  March 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ......and failure is a prevalent theme in African American children's literature. African American juvenile fiction is often set in schools...views about the value of education. African American children's literature has evolved from...

Article: The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865.
African American Review;  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Dickson D. Bruce. The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865. Charlottesville...Dickson D. Bruce's The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865, is a throwback...important kind of writing--and in early African American literature nearly every genre of literature...

Article: Actor Ernie Hudson Signs on to Host African American Medical Network's In-office Patient Education Video Magazine.
Business Wire;  February 9, 2005 ;     456 words ......wholly-owned operating subsidiary, African American Medical Network, Inc. ( African American Medical )(Pink Sheets:AFNN), announced...in-office patient education video magazine. African American Medical, a new placed-based television...

Article: Secrets can't last forever: a new approach to female circumcision (`simulacrum' only pinches the genitals and uses fake blood to simulate circumcision).
New Internationalist;  June 1, 1997 ;     408 words ......Many Africans campaigning against female circumcision think Western activists' misconceptions...often believe only Muslims perform female circumcision. In fact Christians, Animists, even...African Jews practise it, she claims. Female circumcision is an African problem that needs...

Article: Black Is a Color.(Black Is a Color (A History of African American Art))(Book review)
Art Monthly;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Zabunyan, Black Is a Color (A History of African American Art), Dis Voir, Paris, 288pp, bw...marked by its slave past, in which African American contemporary artists have been able...introductory texts to the history of African American art. Beginning with James Porter's...

Article: UN Backs Push to End Female Circumcision
AP Online;  February 28, 2008 ;     401 words ......campaign to significantly reduce female circumcision by 2015 and eradicate the damaging...released Wednesday, the agencies said female circumcision violates the rights of women and...to reduce and end the practice. Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation...

Article: African American Adult Children of Alcoholics: The Impact of Cultural Influences.
The Journal of Rehabilitation;  October 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Introduction A discussion of African American adult children of alcoholics...define specific parameters of African American ideological unity and response...mainstream constructs of behavior. African American experiences summarize the...

Article: The career experiences of African American women faculty: implications for counselor education programs.
College Student Journal;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......recruiting and retaining African American women faculty. This article...challenges that confront African American women professors. Strategies...mentoring and retaining African American women counseling faculty...

Article: African American Studies
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, a field of academic and intellectual endeavors...white colleges and universities but also the masses in African American communities as well. Consequently, all-black organizations...

Article: African American fathering in violent neighborhoods: what role does spirituality play?
Fathering;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The salience of spirituality in African American family life is well documented. However...parenting styles and practices of African American fathers generally or among those fathers...under-resourced, high-violence neighborhoods. African American families are disproportionately ...

Article: Overcoming biases to effectively serve African American College students: a call to the profession.(counselor-client relations)
College Student Journal;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......reexamines the help-seeking behavior of African American college students with a focus on possible...underutilization of counseling by African American college students. Strategies to overcoming...services to better meet the needs of African American students for over 20 years ...

Article: School counselors collaborating with African American parents.
Professional School Counseling;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......student success. Yet, in urban schools, African American parents often are uninvolved. This...can use to better collaborate with African American parents. ********** The changing demographics...1994, 1995). Yet, in urban schools, African American parents often are uninvolved ...