AFRICAN AMERICAN ORAL TRADITIONS/ NOVELS

AFRICAN AMERICAN TRADITIONS

• The African American culture is also known as the black culture.
• Some facets of African-American culture that were accentuated by the slavery period.
• It is a blend of chiefly sub-Saharan African and Sahelean cultures.
• Africans also believed spiritual life source existed after death.
• Today, African-American culture has become a significant part of American culture

AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELS

• The novel "Our Eyes were Watching God" is one of her most famous novels

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• Music is a big part of African tradition
• The drum is the most important insrument
• African slaves shaped American cooking
• Quilt making shows history,culture and tradition
• Oral traditions is linked to there way of life