Sentence examples for of African roots from inspiring English sources

But as the son of an English-born father with only a half-generation of African roots, as a multimillionaire from a continent of paupers, he also spoke of wanting to become a diplomat for Africa.

Earlier on Saturday proceedings had started with Malian musician Rokia Traore, whose upbeat blend of African roots, blues and jazz gave early risers a chance to dance off the fug of a late night.

Okwe, the African-in-exile hero of Stephen Frears's extraordinary London thriller, "Dirty Pretty Things," drives a cab during the day, works as a desk clerk in a posh hotel at night, plays chess with friends, and keeps himself awake by chewing on some sort of African root.

("Nobody wants their history to begin here," says Gomes of the search for African roots). And Gates is less interested in the lingering negative socio- economic effects of slavery than in the way that even successful slave-descended African Americans carry that fact inside them.

But she has never made a collection quite like her debut U.S. release, which employs Cesaria Evora's producer Jose Da Silva in an exploration of the African roots of the Costa Negra, on the northern coast of her native Peru.

The revolutionary government has made a special effort to promote study of the African roots of Cuban culture.

The headliner was Gil himself, showing off his dance moves, playing guitar and proving that he's still in excellent voice as he switched between samba rock and reggae, reworking Bob Marley songs in Portuguese before ending with a reminder of the African roots of Brazil's candomblé religion.

The process is similar to how some blacks view the adoption of Islam as an invocation of their African roots, said Hisham Aidi, a political science graduate student at Columbia University.

Angelou's time in Africa makes her more aware of her African roots as she searches for the past of her ancestors.

"The mission of Ladysmith Black Mambazo is to spread the culture and its traditions of our African roots.

In the English-speaking Caribbean, many people like to talk warmly of their African roots.