Africa

• For a woman to dream of African scenes, denotes she will make journeys which will prove lonesome and devoid of pleasure or profit.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Zebra Seeing a zebra in your dream, represents perfect balance, unity, harmony, and the attraction of opposites. Alternatively, it means that you are spending too much time in trivial and varying matters You need to establish a mindset and lay your groundwork for some solid stability.

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Over the course of several hundred years, those regions had been colonized by various European powers, mainly Spain in Latin America and Britain and France in Africa. However, three basic issues instigated decolonization in Africa and Latin America-the indigenous peoples' desire for independence, European distraction with global affairs, and popular resentment against racism and inequality. According to dictionary.com, decolonization is "the action of changing from colonial to independent status." In addition to the causes which led to Latin ...

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Psylli (Ancient Greek). Serpent-charmers of Africa and Egypt.

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Voodoo:

A spiritist and ancestor religion, originating in Africa, and now found predominantly in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. Magical rites, trance states and possession all play a major role in Voodoo

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Zulu Sangoma bones: African divination method promoted by the Katush Motivational & Holistic Centre, in South Africa. The method features herbal remedies, and its theory posits instructive ancestral spirits. Sangomas are herbalists traditional or indigenous to South Africa; their duties may include divination.

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Obeah. Sorcerers and sorceresses of Africa and the West Indies. A sect of black magicians, snake-charmers, enchanters, &c.

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Hamitic Races Generally speaking, the races or tribes which are supposed to have been descended from Ham, one of the sons of Noah according to Biblical legend. Now used by scholars chiefly in a philological sense, referring to a class of languages represented principally by the ancient Egyptian, and its greatly modified modern descendant Coptic; the Libyan or Berber languages of Northern Africa; and the Ethiopic languages of Eastern Africa.

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Hamitic Races Generally speaking, the races or tribes which are supposed to have been descended from Ham, one of the sons of Noah according to Biblical legend. Now used by scholars chiefly in a philological sense, referring to a class of languages represented principally by the ancient Egyptian, and its greatly modified modern descendant Coptic; the Libyan or Berber languages of Northern Africa; and the Ethiopic languages of Eastern Africa.

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Lucius Apuleius, Second-century Latin writer, born and educated in North Africa. Student of Platonism at Athens and initiate into many of the Mysteries of his time; best known for his Golden Ass (Metamorphoseon libri XI de Asino Aureo), a satire on mores and religious conditions.

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Akkas Tribe of southern Africa, resembling hairless orangutans or chimpanzees, mentioned by Blavatsky as equivalent to Herodotus' pygmies and as possible remnants of "missing links." (BCW 3:41-2)

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Augustine, Saint (354-430) Influential Church Father, philosopher, scholar, and administrator, Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, who originated the doctrine of original sin and advocated the use of imperial force against heretics and theological opponents. His most important works are The City of God and Confessions.

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A Dream Dictionary including dreams about:

Advice, Advocate, Affliction, Affluence, Affrighted, Affront, Afraid, Africa, Afternoon, Agate, Age , Agony, Ague, Air , Alabaster, Alarm Bell, Album, Ale-house, Alien, Alley, Alligator, Alloy, Almanac, Almonds, Alms, Alms-house , Alum, Aluminum, Amateur

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Marabout or Marabut [from Arabic morabit a hermit]

A devotee or hermit; specifically, a member of the Moorish religious order of Northern Africa who were successors of the Morabits (or Al-moravides), Moslem Moors who flourished in Morocco and Spain during the 11th and 12th centuries. However the term now has the significance of a Moslem saint.

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Definition and meaning of American Colonization Society:

American Colonization Society

The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. It purchased land in Africa (Liberia) with the intention of solving the "Negro problem" by transporting freed slaves there. Society backers were convinced that both blacks and whites would benefit from racial separation. Few blacks wished to migrate to Africa and the society accomplished little.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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CHRISTOS

(Greek: "anointed"). This is a direct translation of the Hebrew meshiach, "annointed, "which designates a king or venerated person. The Jews were looking for such a "king" who would lead them out of servitude. The practice of smearing kings and priests with fat, oil and blood goes far back into deepest Africa, where conquering warriors painted themselves with blood and witch-doctors ritually smeared themselves with semen.

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Aromatherapy , Aroma therapy , Aroma therapies, Aromatherapies:

The use of fragrances and essences from plants to affect or alter a person's mood or behavior and to facilitate physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The chemicals comprising essential oils in plants has a host of therapeutic properties and has been used historically in Africa, Asia, and India. Its greatest application is in the field of alternative medicine. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; from Dr. Atiba Vheir, Dove Center, Washington, D.C.)

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Synergy Dance: blend of Qigong, World dance, yoga, and the subtle energy awareness and elements (earth, air, fire, water, and ether) of Polarity Therapy. Polarity therapist Charmaine Lee, born in South Africa, created the method and in 1987 founded the Synergy Dance & Healing Arts Center, in Washington, D.C.

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Astarte (Greek) Greek form of the Syro-Phoenician goddess Ashtoreth, female counterpart of Baal. The goddess of love and fruitfulness, she was essentially a lunar goddess of productiveness or fertility.

The Assyrian and Babylonian form was Ishtar, in Syria Atargates, in Phrygia Cybele, in the Bible Ashtoreth, and in North Africa Tanith or Dido. She was intimately connected in the Chaldean form of her worship with the planet Venus. She corresponds to the Egyptian Isis or Hathor, Greek Aphrodite, and Norse Freya. The Virgin Mary represented on the crescent moon weeping, is taken from similar images of Astarte (BCW 11:96-7).

See also ASTORETH.

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Definition and meaning of Afrika Korps:

Afrika Korps

Germany's Afrika Korps under the command of General Erwin Rommel contested British and American armies for control of North Africa in 1942-43. In July 1943, the Korps surrendered.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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