...Celia Cruz and Hector Lavoe Their Passion for the Salsa Iliana Urriola 3ndDRAFT All Latin America people are proud of our tradition, culture and of course our music. Celia Cruz and Hector Lavoe two of the most influence artists of the Latin music of the all times. Their early lives in Puerto Rico and Cuba, famous life, tragedies as well the passion for the Salsa. Ursula Hilaria Celia Cruz Alfonso de la Santisima Trinidad (Celia Cruz), one of the most popular salsa artists of the 20th century, was born in Santos Suarez in Havana, Cuba. She was the second child of the marriage Cruz-Alfonso. Celia, like the other teenagers girls of Cuba, was very happy, when her father said that she had to be a teacher. But, one of her teacher offered her a spot in the National conservatory of Havana Cuba. After her studies, Celia stared a new career. She had to participate in many auditions to get in salsa orchestras in her country. Finally, she got the opportunity to get into the famous orchestra, La Sonora Matancera. Even, thought her participation in the orchestra was a success. Celia became a solo singer. Where, Celia was working hard to be popular in Latin America. She was married with Pedro Knight. Like Celia, Pedro always said that Celia was his love. They were a happy couple. But they had a kids. Celia Cruz was called the queen of the salsa as well La Guarachera de Cuba. She won many awards thought her artistic life. One of those was in 1990 when she won a Grammy award...
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...| Unknown Niagara Falls Date ?The best known natural phenomenon that serves as a top tourist destination for visitors and local residents is the Niagara Falls. The above painting hangs whose artist is unknown is on display at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The texture of this artwork is smooth and the colors are cool. This painting has neutral colors that blend well with very few bold colors. The lighting is entering the photo from the upper left corner to bring focus on the sun setting on the water fall. | | Thomas Birch (1779 - 1851) Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq. ca. 1819The estate near the Schuylkill River close to Philadelphia conveys the prosperity of a young man confidently taming the natural landscape. The height of the mansion in this portrait offers the view of rolling hills. The scenery is quiet and peaceful and the greenery shows serenity. Portrait has a white dominant figure which is the mansion, however the trees and grass offer equality to the portrait. Although there is not much open space depth is implied by the placement of the clouds and the mansion. | | Unknown The Schooner "Fairy" 1880-1900The many miles of North American seacoast greatly influenced early commerce and settlement. Abundant fisheries and protected harbors were important aspects of the landscape in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The fastest schooner to sail the North Atlantic during the 1920s and 1930s was...
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...Mitsukko Prof. Caban, Ruben MUL2380 MDC Summer 2015 Azucar! Celia Cruz was one of the most famous Cuban salsa singers. She was nicknamed the Queen of Salsa, with more than thirty-six albums that where recorded with other singers in the Latin music industry. Celia worked as a singer for more than forty years, during that time she became well known for her work, great personality, and her emotional way of singing. During her performances something that made her stand out was her ability to improvise lyrics most known as a Sonera. Her success made her an inspiration for more than six decades to the Latin community as well as the rest of the world. Celia was one of 14 children born on October 21, 1925, in the Santo Suarez a neighborhood in Havana, Cuba (A&E). Her singing talent started when she was young but instead of pursuing a career in singing, she studied to be a teacher (Marceles). Her father told her that he did not believe that singing was a profession for a woman, not putting any thought into what her father said she still went after what she taught right, a career in singing after the strong encouragement coming from her mother, teacher and aunt. Celia began singing in talent shows and doing recordings for radio stations, but neither were sold for money she did it recreationally. Her first recordings were made in 1978 in Venezuela with the Turpial label (A&E). She sang these with the Leonard Melody and Alfonso Larrain orchestras (Marceles). ...
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...Celia Cruz (La Habana, 1924 - Fort Lee, Estados Unidos, 2003) Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso nació en el barrio de Santos Suárez de La Habana el 21 de octubre de 1924, si bien algunas fuentes señalan su nacimiento cuatro años antes, y otras en 1925, datos todos ellos de difícil comprobación dada la persistente negativa de la estrella a confesar su edad. Segunda hija de un fogonero de los ferrocarriles, Simón Cruz, y del ama de casa Catalina Alfonso, Celia Cruz compartió su infancia con sus tres hermanos -Dolores, Gladys y Barbarito- y once primos, y sus quehaceres incluían arrullar con canciones de cuna a los más pequeños; así empezó a cantar. Su madre, que tenía una voz espléndida, supo reconocer en ella la herencia de ese don cuando, con once o doce años, la niña cantó para un turista que, encantado con la interpretación, le compró un par de zapatos. Con otras canciones y nuevos forasteros calzó a todos los niños de la casa. Después se dedicó a observar los bailes y a las orquestas a través de las ventanas de los cafés cantantes, y no veía la hora de saltar al interior. Sin embargo, sólo su madre aprobaba esa afición: su padre quería que fuese maestra, y no sin pesar intentó satisfacerle y estudiar magisterio, pero pudo más el corazón cuando estaba a punto de terminar la carrera y la abandonó para ingresar en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música. Mientras tanto, Celia Cruz cantaba y bailaba en las corralas habaneras y participaba en programas radiofónicos para aficionados...
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...Who was Celia Cruz? Celia Cruz my icon, the queen of salsa, a singer and a pioneer a woman who was well known for her own unique style in Cuba. Celia was born in Cuba on October 21, 1925. She was a strong, brave woman who made sacrifices for what she loved. She could never be copied or imitated that would be impossible. Celia Cruz was well known as her own person not for an artist that sings for money or fame. At eight years of age, I began to hear about Celia Cruz. She was a proud dark skin Cuban woman, very talented and inspiring singer. Celia was an inspiration for anyone who wanted to be famous; even well know famous people looked up to her. She was a strong woman that made her way to the United State leaving her country to turn their back on her. Celia never gave up always looking toward life when she was sick she lost all of her hair and had to wear wigs she always wear them with grace. She was always smiling and saying AZUCAR. Somehow she recovers from her sickness when some people thought that she wasn’t going to make it. She had always been positive even when she was ill. Celia had been through plenty but no matter what her personality was strong and happy. She was one of the few women to get twenty –two gold records. Because of her talent she became well known as Cuba’s Guarachera. Her voice floated into people heart and soul when she sang. Singing was her way of communicating with people specially the people from her country. Celia Cruz loved her country and never...
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...What style of music do I most identify with…I would have to say that it is Salsa. Being Hispanic and growing up in a Hispanic household, that is all that was heard on the weekend and at family gatherings. I think back to my childhood, and I can see my mother, as clear as day, cleaning while listening to Willie Chirino and dancing a bit whenever she thought we were not looking. As a teenager when I heard Salsa, the first thing that popped in my head was “this is old people music…Can someone please put on some Power 96 or something”, now I find myself actively searching radio stations looking for those same songs I heard as a child. There is nothing like some good old Celia Cruz or Frankie Ruiz to get your fingers tapping and instantly put you in a good mood. I really I can’t pinpoint when I first heard this style of music, as it has been around me all my life. If I have to give you a reason as to why I feel this style of music identifies me, well I guess it would be because it reminds me of all the good times I shared with my family and loved ones. This style of music makes me feel nostalgic, happy and proud to be a Hispanic. It’s evident to anyone around me, including the cars next to me while I am stuck in traffic, when I hear that music on the radio, my hands come to life and I feel like I have no control…it’s like they think they are part of the band. To summarize my style of music is without a doubt Salsa. If I had to pick a favorite Salsa signer, needless to say, I would...
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...October 21, 2015 History 1313 Celia, a Slave Trial The presented book, Celia, a Slave Trial, written by Douglas O. Linder, is an in-depth novel about the misfortune of a nineteen year old slave named Celia. For five years, Celia has been placed on a Missouri farm and has been perpetually raped by her fairly older owner. Eventually, Celia reached a climatic part in her life and had enough of being taken advantage of. The night of June 23, 1855, she attacked her owner in her cabin as he approached her and clubbed him fatally. This prompted a murder trial for young Celia and also leveled up as far as controversy about slavery went. Questions about slaves defending themselves against abuse were asked and ideas amongst everyone were...
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...farmers. In the book, Celia, A Slave written by Melton A. McLaurin, Celia’s fate in many ways did in fact seem predetermined. As an enslaved woman who killed her white master in the nineteenth-century US South, I agree with the statement that it was very unlikely for Celia to ever escape with her life. The story accounts of Celia’s life bound together in a vivid way to relay the circumstances surrounding a female slave’s cruel life and the ways that she took matters into her own hands. “Slavery was an institution fundamental to the existence of Southern society, a permanent part of the Southern way of life,” (McLaurin, 18). Hence, the fact that in many ways, Celia’s fate was decided on the day that Robert Newsom claimed her, as the options that she once had would no longer be available. In 1855, slavery was a major source of sectionalism in the United States. It was in this chaotic setting that Celia was put on trial for murdering her master, Robert Newsom, who had been consistently raping her for five years. Throughout Celia’s trial the two main views on slavery were seen: some saw them as people and others just saw them as property. “Her experience suggests…that slaves were powerless to protect there most basic humanity from the predations of the master is more accurate than recent scholarship,” (McLaurin, 137-138). The defense that Celia’s lawyers put forward, if accepted, would have threatened many of the principal assumptions that society used to make slavery function efficiently...
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...Throughout history slavery has been put in the spotlight. Whether it be positive or negative, slavery was at the forefront of an economy President Abraham Lincoln, in his second inaugural address said this, “One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the sourthern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.” Was the civil war really about the freedom of slavery? Or was there an underlying reason for the Civil War? Before the Civil War began, we see the life of one young African American slave, Celia, a fourteen year old girl. Celia was bought by a man named Robert Newsom who had the mindset to make her his mistress, when he initially bought her. Throughout Celia’s life on the plantation, she was sexually abused, and gave birth to three children. George a slave himself, convinced Celia to confront Newsom about his abuse towards her. Since Celia was in love with George, she agreed. When Newsom came to her cabin intent on having sex with her, she resisted his advances, and has he counted to advance towards her, Celia began striking Newsom across the head until he was done. To help cover up her crime, she burned him in her fireplace, and had Newsom’s grandson to get rid of his ashes. When his daughter’s discovered he was missing they sent a search team to look for him, finally Newsoms neighbor figured out that Celia killed Newsom...
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...Rape During The Antebellum Period The first African slaves arrived in Virginia, North America in 1619. As the plantations of the antebellum south flourished, the African slave trade gained momentum. Between the 16 and 19th centuries, America had an estimated 12 million African slaves (Slavery in the United States, Junius P. Rodriguez ). Enslavement of the African Americans formally commenced in the 1630s and 1640s. By 1740, colonial America had a fully developed slavery system in place, granting slave owners an absolute and tyrannical life-and-death authority over their slaves or 'chattels' and their children (Slavery in the United States, Junius P. Rodriguez ). Stripped of any identity or rights, enslaved black men and women were considered legal non-persons, except in the event of a crime committed. Documents and research on the slave era in the antebellum south are awash with horror stories of the brutal and inhuman treatment of slaves, particularly women (Slavery in the United States, Junius P. Rodriguez). Considered 'properties' by their masters, enslaved black women endured physical and emotional abuse, torture, and sometimes even death. By the 1800s, slavery had percolated down mainly to the antebellum south. While a majority of enslaved men and women were designated as 'field servants' performing duties outside the house, a smaller percentage, particularly women were employed as domestics or 'house servants', mammies and surrogate mothers. In the absence of any security...
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...The Terrible Transformation The early 1600s economy strived due to the enslavements of blacks. The British colonies in North America needed a permanent workforce as the indentured servants that were brought over only worked for seven years as payment for transport to the New World then freed. This is why the period from 1470 to the 1833 is considered to be the most devastating time throughout history as that’s when slavery began. The whites thought that indenture servitude although good was not creating enough capital for them so Africans were chosen to be slaves to cultivate the then high producing tobacco. In watching the 1PBS documentary I learnt not only what was taught to me in school growing up but a more in-depth version of the horror that happened. I learnt about slavery like how most children did, a PG-13 version taught by teachers who were taught the same thing. How can such a horrid past be taught with that aspect generation to generation with no respect to the truth of what truly happened. I was taught that slavery was an idea that sprouted when Christopher Columbus first discovered the Caribbean and the Indians. He realized that gold could be mined here and overpowered the Indians. After they started to diminish they turned to Africa where they started to capture and kidnap young teens. They were brought over to the New World where they were whipped, tortured, and branded as animals and put to work. The Middle Passage is the trip from Africa to the Caribbean where...
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...Student’s Name: Tutor’s Name: Course: Date Due: Introduction This paper will seek to illustrate how the author of the book “Hard truths must be told” has linguistically emphasized different scenarios of humiliating and saddening real stories of tribal clashes. The thesis of this paper , which is coined to be “A heart breaking history” will show touching stories that the author has used to illustrate tangible evidence of perpetration of acts against humanity, which records back to past acts which include violence, buying and selling of black men and women in what is termed as slave trade. Leonard Pitts Jr. has a great wealth of past encounters in history and therefore we find this article very relevant. He has recounted historical scenarios in this planet which include slaves that are bought and sold, mistreated and cheated, lynched and maimed. The author laments that whenever he exposed these, it was always certain to him that he would receive calls and emails of chastisement. For instance, this great poet explains that at one time a certain lady came pleading with him to stop the history behind exposing such kind of tales claiming that such stories could not be of any help except to create resentment within black people. However, he goes on to write the history of tribal clashes in Europe, United Kingdom, Germany etc. Discussion Its only by appreciating the past and getting more historical information hat someone can be be in a position to correct the errors and...
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...To What Extent Did Indian Indentured Labour Help To Relieve The Post-Emancipation Labour Problems In Trinidad? Compiled by Mark Rougier TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction................................................................................................................................(1) Defining the terms Indian indentured labour; and post-emancipation…………………….(1) The Labour Problems.................................................................................................................(2) Failure in the Systematic Convention Explanation…………………………………………..(2) Labour Shortage......................................................................................................................... (3) Cash Flow.................................................................................................................................... (4) The Communication Problem................................................................................................. ..(5) The Indian Arrival……………………………………………………………………………..(5) The extent to which Indian indentured labour help to relieve the post-emancipation labour problems in Trinidad......................................................................................................... ……(6) Laying The Basis ForProfitability......................................................................................... .(7) The Effects Wages had on relieving the labour problems………………………………… (8) ...
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...Slavery. It has been here since the beginning of civilization, and still is present to this day. As contradictory as it may seem, people have been using each other as property for a very long time. This horrible invention has been applied in several different countries all over the world. Over this time span, several different kinds of slavery have been established. Slavery has made an everlasting impact on the world today. Because of slavery we now have social, man-created concepts, such as race, gender, and class. Slavery has benefitted and disadvantaged many people of this day and time. Slavery is the main reason for the dispersal of African peoples, also known as the African Diaspora. As mentioned earlier, slavery was present almost everywhere. The main areas that affected the African Diaspora were Africa itself, the New World, and the Indian Ocean. Slavery in Africa started in approximately the 7th century and it was over religious reasons. Arab Muslims and Europeans traded in West, Central, and East Africa. Slavery existed in some of Africa’s earliest organized societies. The buying and selling of slaves were regular activities in cities along the Nile River. In Africa, early slavery resulted from warring groups taking captives. The treatment of slavery in Africa was variable. Many societies recognized slaves as merely property and some saw them as dependants who eventually might be integrated into the families of slave owners, because of this slavery was...
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...enslavement of Africans actually began in the early 1500s, with slaves arriving on Caribbean shores in the hands of Portuguese and Spanish slave traders. (Ciment, 2001) The 20 slaves were quickly sold off to local tobacco farmers, although it is unclear whether their states remarried as slaves or if they were indentured servants. The process of slavery of the African Americans actually began at the trading posts on the west coast of Africa. African Kings and merchants cooperated and traded slaves for European goods, this was known as the first stage of the triangular trade. The long trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, was called the middle passage of the triangular trade. The last stage occurred after the slaves were brought to America, and were sold into slavery in exchange for goods, i.e. cotton, tobacco and sugar. By the 1700s, the population of enslaved Africans had ballooned to about 20,000(ibid). They were shipped to the United States until, 1807, when the U.S banned the slave trade. The slaves were treated harshly by their owners. They had to work in all weather conditions; they were beaten and whipped. Slavery of African Americans continued for years. It was September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued the historic Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves in confederate held territories forever free as of January 1, 1863 (Foner 2005). African Americans...
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