A bit of American history


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What Currently Defines African American Culture?

African American culture can be regardedfar back as the slavery days when
as both part of, and distinct fromAfrican Americans also used song
American culture. From the days of thecomposition as a vehicle of social
slave trade, Africans and Africanrelief. They would compose songs in
Americans have contributed by means oftheir native languages that described
literature, art, agricultural skills,their emotions regarding the situation
foods, music, and language to Americanthey were subjected to, their slave
culture. Even before the abolition ofmasters and the evolution of their
slavery, African Americans were knownlives.
for their cultural ingenuity. AlthoughIf one has the means to study these
in many cases they were literally forcedmusical genres which define African
to adopt and mimic the traditions ofAmerican culture today, it will become
their slave masters, African Americanquite evident that these songs serve as
slaves would still clandestinelya reminder that the past and the present
practice their beliefs. Today, perhapsare clearly linked when it comes to
the most definitive form of Africanunderstanding the meanings of African
American culture can be seen throughAmerican music. The emphasis on language
their expression of the musical artclearly illustrates how African-American
form.communities have defined themselves and
The forms of music that best typifytheir relations to the dominant white
African American culture are those ofculture in America. In fact many of the
Hip Hop, Rap, Blues, R&B and Gospel.lyrics in African American music seek to
Many people shrug off these forms ofinvestigate the relationships the white
music as noisy garbage; however, theycommunity has shared with African
are in truth an expression of political,Americans for several generations until
social or class discrimination of sometoday.
form. This form of expression dates as



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