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The slave trade displaced millions of Africans from their native lands. Uprooted from their societies, the Africans brought with them their family values, beliefs, traditions, and religious practices. Vodou is the only traditional African religion to survive in the New World.
Vodou originated in the ancient kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Nigeria, Benin, and Togo) and derives from the Fon word for "God" or "Spirit." Other accurate spellings include Vodun, Vodoun, but never voodoo, the sensationalist and derogatory Western creation. Read More...
Curtis James Jackson net worth is
$20 MillionCurtis James Jackson Wiki BiographyAmerican actor, rapper, screenwriter, film producer and entrepreneur 50 Cent, was actually born Curtis James Jackson, on 6 July 1975, in Queens, New York City.
So just how rich is 50 Cent? Authoritative sources estimate that 50 Cent’s net worth is over $20 million as of early 2017, most of his wealth coming from his successful rapping career, but from business interests too, although a recent bankruptcy application may alter this situation. Read More...
Step from an airplane, and it’s now ritual to boast how cruelly you’ve suffered. Seats that won’t lean back or seat backs that intrude. Violent seatmates. Starvation from tiny bags of pretzels. Crying infants. Lost luggage. The indignities pile up. Yet we forget that for almost the entirety of human existence, simply to leave the safety of hut or castle was to risk not inconvenience but violent death. “Travel,” after all, comes from the word “travail,” and nowhere was that truer than when humans crossed oceans on wooden ships. Read More...
