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Construction morphology in Yoruba names: Schemas and processes
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2022 This article is an attempt to explore how the framework of construction morphology may apply to the analysis of Yoruba names. Following this approach, we show that each Yoruba name is a unique construction involving semantic, syntactic and phonological ...
Taiwo O. Ehineni
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African-American rhinoplasty [PDF]
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2004 Dr. Guyuron: The first patient is a 25-year-old woman who would like to correct the imperfections in her nose (Figure 1). Dr. Griffin, what flaws do you see in this nose? Bahman Guyuron, MD Figure 1 This 25-year-old woman has voiced no specific complaint but is seeking improvement in the appearance of her nose. Dr.
Bahman, Guyuron +3 more
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International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, 2022 This article explores the recent increase in the demand for sugar in Ethiopia, and the ways in which the distribution and sale of sugar have been manipulated for political gain after the country’s demand outstripped production and supply.
Bula S. Wayessa
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Recovering the Irrecoverable: Blackness, Melancholy, and Duplicities That Bind
Religions, 2021 In this article, I critically engage Stephen Best’s provocative text, None Like Us. The article agrees with Best’s general concerns regarding longings for a unified black community or a We before the collective crime of slavery.
Joseph Winters
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Black Feminist Organizing and Caribbean Cyberfeminisms in Puerto Rico
Open Cultural Studies, 2022 This article centers Black feminist organizing in Puerto Rico, highlighting social media as a tool for racial and gender justice. Collaboration between Puerto Rican feminist organizations on social media platforms amplifies their on-the-ground work and ...
Stephens Miari Taina
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Narcolepsy in African Americans [PDF]
Sleep, 2015 Although narcolepsy affects 0.02-0.05% of individuals in various ethnic groups, clinical presentation in different ethnicities has never been fully characterized. Our goal was to study phenotypic expression across ethnicities in the United States.Cases of narcolepsy from 1992 to 2013 were identified from searches of the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy ...
Makoto, Kawai +4 more
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African American Artists as Agents of Modernism: A Challenge for American Art
Panorama, 2018 This is to move beyond simply writing a more inclusive history of art to understanding African Americans as active participants in the history of modernism.
John P. Bowles
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Becoming Aggrieved: An Alternative Framework of Care in Black Chicago
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2015 Centering on “Eastwood,” a low-income, African American community on the West Side of Chicago in which I have conducted ethnographic research since 2007, I examine the coping mechanisms developed by residents after Mrs. Lana suffers what her doctors view
Laurence Ralph
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Differences in Graduation and Persistence Rates over Time for African-American Students at Texas 4-Year Universities [PDF]
Athens Journal of Education, 2020 In this study, the graduation and persistence rates of African-American students at Texas 4-year universities were examined for the 2003-2004 academic year, the 2009-2010 academic year, and the 2014-2015 academic year.
Jerrell Sherman, John R. Slate
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Coccidioidomycosis in African Americans [PDF]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2011 Coccidioidomycosis is caused by Coccidioides species, a fungus endemic to the desert regions of the southwestern United States, and is of particular concern for African Americans. We performed a PubMed search of the English-language medical literature on coccidioidomycosis in African Americans and summarized the pertinent literature.
Barbara E, Ruddy +6 more
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