Most of the community laughed and made fun of Mari Djata because he was seven years old and still could not walk. The main reason the community felt the need to make fun of Mari Djata was because of the king’s first wife Sassouma who basically envied Sundiata’s mother because of the King favoured her more.
Linda Viera Caballero, better known as La India, is a one of the best singer-songwriters in the latin music industry. Born on March 9, 1969, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, La India was raised in the South Bronx area of New York City. Her parents left Puerto Rico soon after she was born and they moved in with her grandmother.
Katie Marie Rivera was born and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a child she went to John Avery Parker Elementary Parker School. There she excelled to be in the honor roll for the 5 years she went there. When she hit 5th grade she transferred to a private all girls middle school, named Our sisters’ School (OSS). OSS was a big change for Katie.
Mariel Margaret Hamm was born on March 17th, 1972 in the small town of Selma, Alabama. As the fourth of six children born into this military family, Mia moved around constantly and spent her early years as a toddler in Florence Italy, where she was initially introduced to her life passion of women’s soccer. However, Mia was born with clubfoot and wore corrective braces as a toddler, thus preventing her to participate in any sport at a young age. Her love for sports truly began at the age of five on a soccer team her dad coached, continued throughout middle school as a played on the boy’s football team and then in high school as a starting forward in soccer. Her soccer life began to excel when at age 15 she joined the United States Women’s national soccer team – thus becoming the youngest in history to be selected to join such an elite group of soccer stars.
Julia Johnson-Bey was born in Chicago, IL at Cook County hospital to Brother R. Johnson-Bey Sr. and Sister Cora Johnson-Bey. She grew up in a two-parent home with three much older brother. Now, Julia was the only girl and the youngest. Her brother was quite jealous because she received more of the finer things in life due to the fact she had older parents who had twenty plus years in their careers. Julia was raised in a strict home where morals and values were taught and executed.
Mary Edwards Walker accomplished a variety of amusing and intelligent things during her lifetime. She first enrolled in the Syracuse College of Medicine. Although her father was the one encouraging these medical desires, Mary thrived in this specific school system. In the year of 1855 Mary graduated with a Doctorate degree in medicine. Her enthusiasm continued, along with the development of the rest of her life.
Kayla Montgomery is worth admiring because she is still chasing her dream while being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. MS blocks nerve signals which causes her legs to go numb while running in the races. Kayla is one of the fastest long distance runners in the country and is a freshman on an athletic scholarships at Nashville’s Lipscomb University. With her condition, she has no feeling whatsoever while running when her body temperature gets higher and higher. People feel as if that isn 't fair-
His father, Maghan Kon Fatta, was a good king who had beauty in every land. One day a hunter from Sangaran came to the king and brought a message about how his successor was going to be born from an ugly woman. She was brought by two hunters after they defeated a buffalo. Sundiata was born, but as a child faced obstacles. Many people started to talk about him especially about how he could not walk at the age of three (Niane, 15).
The Governmental Legend of the South “What the people want is very simple they want an America as good its promised. “Barbara’s parents were Arlyne and Benjamin she had two older sisters, Bernie and Rose Mary. Barbara was born on February 21, 1936.Barabra was a critized by her parents by not speaking correct English. They urged her to become a music director or a teacher, because they said that was only good for a black women at the time. Her sister did become a music teacher.
He was born crippled and could not walk until the age of 7. On top of this the king's first wife (his step mother) spreads rumors about him and his mother in an effort to raise her own son's image. Even though he had physical limitations, his father saw wisdom in his son. The king died and his eldest son was given control by the elders, who did not see much promise in the crippled sundiata. One day, when Sundiata’s mother was embarrassed by the queen, Sundiata used a rod to stand on two legs and from then on
1 Indeed the king (the handsome and formidable Naré Maghan ) married this woman, called Sogolon and after a brief period of time Sundiata was born. He certainly was far from perfect for many reasons, and at first was quite homely. Many of these reasons are mentioned in Sundiata, an epic of old Mali. 2 The main of these faults however was his inability to walk. This was exploited, chiefly by the king’s first wife, Sassouma Bérété.
Fatimah Jackson is an African American scientist who is a biologist and anthropologist. She studies African plants that have have uses as medicines and food. In her career as a scientist, she is often found in Africa doing her studies. She studies common African foods, such as cassava, which helps prevent outbreaks of Malaria, a deadly disease. She takes small portions of these foods and plants back to her lab to investigate and see how they work.
Julia child- Cooking is like love it should be entered into without abandon. Julia Child was a french cuisine chef master. Her love for cooking didn 't start until she was 32 actually! Julia Carolyn McWilliams was born August 15th 1912 in Pasadena, California. Some of her nicknames were Jukie, Juke, and Juju.
Danielle Van Dam, 2002 A little girl…a twisted world…a life taken far too soon… this is the story of Danielle Van Dam and how her family finally received justice for the loss of their daughter. Danielle Van Dam was a seven-year-old girl from the Sabre Springs community in California was and continues to be a well-ranked neighborhood and location for many families to raise their children. Although this is a beautiful place, a monster was lurking.
Michelle Obama Essay Have you influenced the world and become a role model to others? Well Michelle Obama has in many ways. She supports many causes, a young mother, a fashion icon, and the first African-American first lady, Michelle Obama has been a role model to many Americans. Currently she is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first lady.
Amy Tan is a Chinese-American author who was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California. In Tan’s early life she had many struggles because her parents desired for her “to hold onto Chinese traditions and her own longings to become more Americanized” (Encyclopedia). While she wanted to become a writer when she was still young, her parents wanted her to become a neurosurgeon. When she got older and went to college she majored in English then started her career in the 1970’s. She was a technical writer and then started writing fiction stories.