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Witchcraft and folk magicGoogled:Barbadian obeah, obeah spells, obeah and hoodoo similarities Setting: Massachusetts, 2009 Okay, so I need some help with a detail in a story I'm writing. I have a Caribbean-American character of Barbadian heritage. I have decided to make her an obeah practitioner but I can't find any specific information about obeah practices and beliefs in Barbados, particularly ones that differ from ... http://community.livejournal.com/little_details/2888230.html Published: 1 year ago (Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:16:23 PST); 586 bytes Five Stories That Treat Diasporic African Religions Better Than The Princess and the Frog Did..., I have a lot of respect for the way Hopkinson uses diasporic African traditions to build a fictional world... http://zahrawithaz.livejournal.com/10513.html Published: 2 years, 1 month ago (Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:31:31 PST); 3432 bytes [pagan] Thoughts on devotion, Change, Diasporic?... call the various newer reconstructionist faiths "diasporic". I have only ever heard that term used for the African... in which I live, and by all the cultures my ancestors came in contact with. Could one logically call CR a "European diasporic faith... http://madrun.livejournal.com/413144.html Published: 3 years ago (Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:50:45 PST); 1794 bytes [BRIEF NOTE] McAleese, St. Patrick's Day and diasporic culturesThis news item has gotten a fair amount of attention. The organisers of the world's largest St Patrick's Day parade had invited the President to be grand marshal to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the event next year. A statement from Aras an Uachtarain said the President had attended the New York St Patrick's Day parade in 2002 and was honoured to be considered as grand marshal for 2011... http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/2498364.html Published: 1 year, 4 months ago (Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:18:30 PDT); 2428 bytes Three Arab Diasporic Authors You Should ReadMy reading habits are funny. It comes down to two major categories, generally: genre fiction, in particular mystery novels, by white Anglo/American authors, and literary fiction written by Middle Easterners or South Asians, or folks from those diasporas. It's just the way I've been grabbing books lo this past decade. I'm making an effort to branch out, to read more widely; it's not easy, once you... http://ajnabieh.livejournal.com/10531.html Published: 1 year, 9 months ago (Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:11:38 PDT); 12 Kb The Diasporic Condition in six wordsTaking after that famous anecdote about how Ernest Hemingway wrote his shortest story in six words, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a collection of such memoirs by writers, famous, and obscure. It is an interesting, often funny, often profound concoction of identity, reflexivity, and brevity. Couldn't help but notice how many of these memoirs had something to do with national identity and ... http://community.livejournal.com/mediapolis/14535.html Published: 2 years, 10 months ago (Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:45:15 PDT); 1186 bytes Diasporic doodles and immigrant intuitionsSo many subjects to cover. Here we go. Roxanne mentioned in class that we should be careful not to use diaspora and immigration interchangeably, that they are fundamentally different terms. But how? Where is the line drawn? When does an immigrant cease being an immigrant and advance to being part a country's diaspora? Am I part of the diaspora or am I an immigrant? I feel neither. Something ... http://community.livejournal.com/uiceng462_sp09/23670.html Published: 2 years, 11 months ago (Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:35:57 PDT); 3233 bytes More Diasporic Variations for A Counterweight BeltaineOriginally published at Growing Fins . Please leave any comments there. I’ve never been able to decide between steamed or roasted chicken when it comes to Kai Fun (Hainanese Chicken Rice, Malaysian Style since I doubt they serve Kai Fun like this in Hainan). This seemed to be the best way to handle it. Dividing the chicken up into three styles: soup, pan-fried and seasoned w/ ... http://merlusyne.livejournal.com/309178.html Published: 3 years, 3 months ago (Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:33:33 PDT); 988 bytes Post Pictures:
Diasporic Variations for Diwali EveningOriginally published at Growing Fins . Please leave any comments there. Sri Lankan fish cutlets with a semi-Brazillian twist ( Original Cutlet recipe here ) This time, I chopped up fresh coriander leaves, mint and red chillies to add to the mix, in a brief nod to Jamie Oliver’s hybridizing of the brazillian Bolinhos de Bacalhau . The fresh herbs added an extra “zing” to ... http://merlusyne.livejournal.com/308505.html Published: 3 years, 3 months ago (Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:55:13 PDT); 3631 bytes Post Pictures:
[BLOG] Some Friday linksCrooked Timber's John Quiggin http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/2763419.html Published: 10 months, 1 week ago (Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:51:04 PDT); 2072 bytes |
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