Jabea Msola's 1st 9-Weeks Demonstration Page 2020

                                               

                    

        Mambo!! My name is Jabea Msola.

           I am 13 years old and in 8th grade. I live in Owings Mills, MD. I have a youth athletic clothing line called  KKwaM, which stands for Kushinda Kwa Maringo ("Winning with Style" in Kiswahili). I enjoy taking pictures and making vlogs (video blogs). I also like reading, drawing, dancing, doing hair, and gardening. This year is my 3rd year at AYA. I am taking the Origins of World Civilizations class.

Origins of World Civilizations

 KEY LEARNING

Adinkra symbol for wisdom

 

 During these nine weeks, I learned about Mitochondrial Saba and Y-chromosomal  AkeleAb. Mitochondrial Saba(named Mitochondrial Eve by European scientists) is an African woman that most modern African woman can trace their mitochondrial DNA back to. There is a type of DNA found in the mitochondria that are not based on genes. This is call L0. L0 is passed down from female to female. The same applies to Y chromosomal AkeleAb (named Y-chromosomal Adam by European scientists)

 MOST ENJOYABLE 😃

The most enjoyable thing for me was watching films in class. We watched 3 films. 
-BBC Planet of the Apeman Battle(Homosapien)
-BBC Planet of the Apeman Battle(Neanderthals)
-First Peoples

MOST DIFFICULT

The most difficult thing for me was working in teams. It was difficult because sometimes it was challenging to communicate due to technology issues. Even though it was difficult, we still got our work done.

               I think this class is important because a lot of times our story of human evolution is altered to make us Africans seem like uncivilized apes. The false stories make it seem like white people are the ones who brought civilization to the world. This is not true because Neanderthals would've died off if Africans(homosapiens) hadn't interbred with them. We are the reason they exist. If we kept them alive, how did they bring civilization to us?       

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