African American literature constitutes a vital branch of the literature of the African diaspora, and African American literature has both influenced by the great African diasporic heritage [2] and in turn influenced African diasporic writings in many countries. African American literature exists

Sunday, March 16, 2008 Juan Floyd-Thomas, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Interviews of two prominent storytellers in the New Orleans black community explore songs and rhymes of African American ren.

The traditional African religions (or traditional beliefs and practices of African people) are highly diverse and include various ethnic religions. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural, include belief in a supreme creator, belief in spirits, veneration of the dead, use of magic and traditional medicine.

The National Museum of African American Music will offer the chance to embrace African American music as a constitutive element of who we are.

West and Central Africa. The West African area is important because this is where the majority of slaves departed for the New World. Hence large elements of West African, particularly Yoruba, religion (blended with Catholicism) can be found in religions such as Vodun (also known as Voodoo) (Haiti), Candomblè (Brazil) and Santeria (Carribean).

Oral tradition: Oral tradition, the first and still most widespread mode of human communication. Far more than “just talking,” oral tradition refers to a dynamic and highly diverse oral-aural medium for evolving, storing, and …

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