HIS393H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Griot, Good Kisser, Flow Music
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* the period of time of the transatlantic slave route has stripe africans of their culture. * they had little influence on american culture. Usher"s good kisser mv shows that the legacy of african culture has carried over and exists in present day representations of culture. Slave culture; offers a talk back to resistance to the institutions, revolt. Express personal creativity, heritage, mind, passions, emotions etc. Mixed cultures emerge through the intermingling of indigenous, african and european descent. Old and traditional and new and modern; select active elements that can be represented in the new culture. Gullah; an english based language that came out of the context of the slave trade. The language is derived from the english of slave traders but african languages have altered the structure and vocabulary. Creolized language served africans so they can communicate with each other. If you were known to be educated, you would be punished as a slave.
