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nFebruarynis “Black History Month.” It is still important to deliberatelynfocus on the role played by women and “minority groups” innhistory, since much of the traditionally-told American and Europeannhistory focuses on white men.
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nHistorynclasses also pay more attention to generals and presidents and kingsninstead of artists and scientists and musicians. We often learn thenhistory of rulers and warriors rather than the history of those whonmade huge contributions to our everyday lives and culture.
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nTwondays ago, it was Rosa Parks’s birthday.n Today it’s Bob Marley’s birthday. Marley was born on this date inn1945, in a village called Nine Mile in Jamaica, and he grew up tonbecome internationally known and loved for his ska, rocksteady, andnespecially reggae music.
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nInnthis video,nBob Marley’s oldest son, Ziggy Marley, talks about “B is for Bob,”nMarley’s children’s album.
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nThis blog postnlists reggae albums for kids.
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It’sninteresting to listen to the language used Jamaica. Long ago, thenslaves who were brought to this Caribbean island spoke a wide variety ofnAfrican languages. In order to communicate with each other, they allnhad to learn English. But English didn’t have words for some of thenplants, animals, foods, and other things in their environment, so thenslaves used words borrowed from their African languages for thosenthings. The resulting language is called a creole language. Note:nJamaican is not “more primitive” or “less grammatical” thannother forms of English—but the vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar are differentnthan those found in other English dialects.
It’sninteresting to listen to the language used Jamaica. Long ago, thenslaves who were brought to this Caribbean island spoke a wide variety ofnAfrican languages. In order to communicate with each other, they allnhad to learn English. But English didn’t have words for some of thenplants, animals, foods, and other things in their environment, so thenslaves used words borrowed from their African languages for thosenthings. The resulting language is called a creole language. Note:nJamaican is not “more primitive” or “less grammatical” thannother forms of English—but the vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar are differentnthan those found in other English dialects.n
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nAlsonon this date:
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nWaitangi Day in New Zealand
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nAnniversarynof the first golfing on the moon
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nSaminNational Day
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