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Traditional poi performance using short style poi. Poi is a performing art and also the name of the equipment used for its performance. As a skill toy, poi is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation. As a performance art, poi involves swinging tethered weights through a variety of rhythmical and geometric ...
The name Africa was originally used by the ancient Romans to refer to the northern part of the continent that corresponds to modern-day Tunisia. There are many theories regarding its origin. Africa terra means "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular), referring to the Afri tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage.
Hawaiians traditionally cook the starchy, potato-like heart of the taro corm for hours in an underground oven called an imu, which is also used to cook other types of food such as pork, carrots, and sweet potatoes. [7] Breadfruit can also be made into poi (i.e. poi ʻulu), Hawaiians however consider this inferior in taste to that of the taro. [8]
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou / ˈ f u ˌ f u / foo-foo listen ⓘ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. [1] [2] It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana.The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the ...
Iron smelting developed in the area between Lake Chad and the African Great Lakes between 1,000 and 600 BC, and in West Africa around 2,000 BC, long before the technology reached Egypt. Before 500 BC, the Nok culture in the Jos Plateau was already smelting iron.
Hawaiian Poi Dog, an extinct breed of dog; Person of interest (disambiguation) Point of interaction (POI), a component in point of sale equipment; Points of interconnect (POI), in the Australian National Broadband Network; Point of interest, a specific point location that someone may find useful or interesting; Point of interface (POI), in ...
Senegalese Wolof griot, 1890 A Hausa griot performs at Diffa, Niger, playing a komsa ().. A griot (/ ˈ ɡ r iː oʊ /; French:; Manding: jali or jeli (in N'Ko: ߖߋ߬ߟߌ, [1] djeli or djéli in French spelling); also spelt Djali; Serer: kevel or kewel / okawul; Wolof: gewel) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician.
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]