HISTORY N100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dead Prez, Slave Raiding, Jungle Brothers
18 Aug 2016
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In the beginning: africa, the atlantic slave trade, and the middle passage. Enslaved (imposed on the people) vs slave (as opposed to identity) Class activity: jungle brother"s acknowledge your history (2000) History is written by the victors revisit/revise the narrative for those omitted. Omission of african americans in history unless in negative ways we only make the papers if we kill or steal (and omission of other peoples i. e. christopher columbus discovered the americas) Father africa and mother africa find middle ground. Textbook history vs family/oral history (oral tradition) rappers and hip hop artists are modern day greats (african poets/oral historians: dead prez" i"m a african (1989) Although slave traders forced african americans to dance on ships, music and dance still a major part of african american culture. Identity crisis between not being american but not fully african either still creates greater divide between americans and african americans.
