Dana W. Marniche
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | research & media |
| Location | NorthEast, United States |
| Introduction | A "middle-aged" woman of U.S. "Black" socioethnicity who grew up learning interesting facts about my African (dna says mostly Fulani), Native American, European and South Asian (Punjab) ancestors of the southern United States. I live and love multiculturalism, but happen to also believe Africa was mother of many forgotten civilizations. Former publisher "Global Black Woman Magazine"; affiliated with FBN Africa. Former college instructor in World Civilizations, sociology and cultural anthropology; researcher for museums, educational institutions, book authors, Research Associate for book - The Way of the Earth - (a Pulitzer Prize nominee, 1994), by T.C. McLuhan. Former assistant editor, and web-site manager for the on-line, peer-reviewed, "International Journal of Multicultural Education". Have previously written for the "Journal of African Civilizations", and "West Africa Review". Graduate degrees include an MA in Education and an MA in Social Sciences (Univ. of Chicago) specializing in anthropology, plus a year at Columbia Univ. (SIPA) in NYC. I prefer a straightforward approach - after all, as one Sufi master has said - "truth is the only lasting joy". : ) |
| Interests | My son and extended family and ancestors, ancestry.com; African historiography, ancient history and archaeology of Africa & the Near East, "Old School" black American music, genealogy, Catholicism, ancient religion, Qi Gong, palm and Shaman-based healing, Fair Trade, herbal medicine, whole foods, yoga, culture of the American South, great Africanist and the not-so-great Orientalist historians, ethnicity and cultural authenticity studies, historical anthropology, French impressionist painters, teaching ESL and multicultural education, Journeyman Pictures, Al-Jazeera America (TV), African & East Indian dance; the nexus of race relations and media; "ethnic" food and cooking, Ethiopian food and history, Indian, Greek and Lebanese food; French language, architecture & history; Florentine Renaissance, social studies; colonial America, powwows, Bharat Natyam, bellydance (traditional), samba, AfroCubano, astrology, numerology, chocolate, green and mint tea, salmon. In U.S. politics Michael Moore, Alan Grayson, Joan Walsh, Bernie Sanders, T.Sotomayor, immigrant children, refugees, religious hypocrisy. : ( |
| Favorite Movies | Turner Classic Movies, Almost anything with Doris Day and Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Barbara Streisand; Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes; West Side Story, In the Heat of the Night; Coming to America; Remember the Titans; Salaam Bombay, Corrina Corrina, Whale Rider, Joy Luck Club, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Monsoon Wedding; The Golden Child, Mame, Ragtime, Day of the Jackal, Happy Feet, Die Hard 1, Avalon, Back to the Future, American History X, To Sir with Love, Blackboard Jungle, The Color Purple, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Ice Age, West Side Story, Orpheo Negro, Bas Ya Bahar, Sounder, Pride and Prejudice, The Last Emperor, Wizard of Oz, Miracle on 34th Street, Heaven and Earth, Oliver!, Ragtime, My Fair Lady, Monsoon Wedding, The Sound of Music, Born Free; almost anything with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, movie musicals of Rogers and Hammerstein, Ben Hur, Sense and Sensibility, In the Heat of the Night, Its a Wonderful Life, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, A Bronx Tale, Breakfast Club, Deliver Us from Eva, Passage to India, Dances with Wolves, Australia!, The Last Emperor. |
| Favorite Music | Earth, Wind and Fire, Seal, Odetta, Grieg, Hendrix, Beatles, Susheela Rahman, the songs "Africa", "Sweet Home Alabama", "My Sweet Lord", "State of Independence", "Take Me Home Country Roads", Midnight Cowboy (theme music), music of the Commodores, Seal and Nile Rogers, Led Zeppelin, Baba Maal, Tinariwen, Matis-Yahu, Cheba Fadela, Cheb Khaled, The Corrs, The Doobie Brothers, John Denver, Tchaikovsky!, Rimsky Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Khaleegy, Oh, Holy Night, Malaguena, Carnatic and Ragas of India, American, 70s US Rhythm and Blues, Bluegrass, southern Rock (1970s - USA), "A Summer Place", Afropop and Worldbeat, Flamenco, Rai, Khaleegy, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Nubian, Gnawa, a lot of traditional Irish and Blue Grass, "If I Ever Lose my Faith" by Sting, "Save a Prayer", "My Sweet Lord", Anita Baker's "Sweet Love", "Bali Hai", "Kaf Noune", "Climb Every Mountain", "State of Independence", "You Only Live Twice", "Ave Maria", almost any music from Rogers & Hammerstein films : ). |
| Favorite Books | Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Lies Your Teacher Told You, Autobiography of a Yogi, The African Origin of Civilization, Black Spark - White Fire, Maria Treben's - Health Through God's Pharmacy, The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Numerology and the Divine Triangle, Dr. Frank's No-Aging Diet, Between Shades of Grey ( a children's book), Goodbye Mr. Chips; A Christmas Carol, The Book of Psalms and Proverbs, Old Yeller, Touch the Earth, The Count of Monty Christo, Fairy Tales of the Brother's Grimm, Books of Carlos Castaneda, All Quiet on the Western Front, Number Our Days, Nomads of Niger, Fear of Blackness ; ) |