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2. Embrace the wide African Diaspora and all its faces
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Swain,Jeffrey (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Mar 13-Mar 19, 2014
- Published:
- Coral Springs, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- South Florida Times
- Journal Title Details:
- 11 : 4A
- Notes:
- Blacks and Latinos have numerous historical connections. The moors of North Africa occupied Spain from about 700-1400 A.D., about the time of the Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Additionally, the slave trade which began with [Henry Louis Gates] the Navigator flourished from the 1440s, taking Africans into Portugal and Spain as servants. Many conquistadors of the New World brought with them free men of African ancestry. Finally, the Transatlantic Slave Trade sealed Afro-Hispanic connections as slaves intermingled voluntarily and involuntarily with their captors, creating variations in our color palate. Thus, our connections are longstanding. My point is that the African Diaspora experience, as was evidenced on Oscar night, is diverse and includes influences of blacks in Europe, Africa and all the Americas and the Caribbean. There are strands of the Diaspora in the Middle East, including Arab nations, and in places as unlikely as Mexico and China. So, blacks in America must begin to embrace our global heritage and we must also learn that our experiences are not superior but mere pieces of a wider tapestry of "colors." All are worth celebrating, researching and understanding. We are one great people cast to the winds by emigration and immigration, historical slavery, war, racial mixing and chance.
3. Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Bianqui, Vanina (author), and Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Brasil
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Language:
- Portuguese and English
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03
- Published:
- Brazil: Redalyc
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10933
- Journal Title:
- Ciência Rural
- Journal Title Details:
- 44(3) : 575-581
- Notes:
- 6 pages, via online journal, In order to design and implement public policies in the context of rural development, information tends to be gathered about family farming in different Latin American countries. In contrast, scarce attention has been given to the description of rural extensionists, who are the ones supporting family farming in the fi eld. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted between 2010 and 2012 including surveys to rural extensions working in 10 different Latin American countries, this allowing for a preliminary description of the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The samples were incidental ranging from 19 (Bolivia) to 220 (Argentina) subjects, this implying that they were not representative. Significant statistical differences were found with regards to the sex, age, experience, level of education and university degree of the samples pertaining to the different countries. In average, most extensionists are men (70.1%), age 40.3 and have little more than 11 years of experience as extensionists. Brazilian practitioners surveyed are the oldest, most educated and experienced among the different samples. In general, most extensionists have a technical background and are agricultural engineers. The Uruguayan sample showed the highest percentage of extensionists coming from the area of social sciences.
4. Spirited things : the work of "possession" in Afro-Atlantic religions
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Johnson,Paul C. (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 344 p., Essays that reopen the concept of possession in order to examine the relationship between African religions in the Atlantic and the economies that have historically shaped--and continue to shape--the cultures that practice them. Exploring the way spirit possessions were framed both by material things--including plantations, the Catholic church, the sea, and the phonograph--as well as by the legacy of slavery, they offer a powerful new way of understanding the Atlantic world.
5. USAID assistance to agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean: origins, evaluation and reflections
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2014-09-30
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D06770
- Notes:
- 39 pages., Narrative by a Senior Agriculture Advisor, Broad-Based Economic Growth Team, Office of Regional Sustainable Development, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development. 39 pages. Tracks the long-time USAID development assistance in the Latin and the Caribbean region, identifies challenges and offers suggestions for future efforts.
6. Water for food security and well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean : social and environmental implications for a globalized economy
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Willaarts,Bárbara A. (Editor), Garrido,Alberto (Editor), and Llamas, Manuel Ramón (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 432 p., Provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions."
7. Working to make inroads in Latin America
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bowman, Karlie Elliott (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-07-31
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02917
- Notes:
- Online from International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. 1 page.