Essays on African American Culture

Culture is the lifeblood of a dynamic society and expresses our many ways of telling stories, celebrating, recalling the past, entertaining ourselves and imagining the future. Our creative expression helps determine who we are and helps us see the world through the eyes of others….

In this essay the role of language as being more than a means of communication has been the central focus. Language has been described as a means through which identities can be forged, the instrument through which the past, present and future can be represented,…

For many, the idea of studying black political thought as its own subject is redundant and unnecessary, as it should be encompassed somewhere in the grand scheme of all history in the United States. There is no need, some argue, to learn the nuances of…

Scholarly articles are difficult to navigate to the untrained eye. The terminology and information used can be overwhelming to students who lack an advanced level of analytical skills. Because of this, authors follow certain formats when writing articles for specific academic disciplines. This practice acts…

In West African coastal region, their no class slave kinship is described as a domestic mode of production that has age and sexual distinctions. Based on the gerontocracy (elders’ government) controlled women agricultural workers with their social formation, production, and reproduction performing as lineage members….

Many critics and fans alike have come to put labels on different eras of hip-hop. These labels are accurate to the state of hip-hop at the time. However, to fit with the discussion of my question, I have split hip-hop into two distinctive groups, old…

Introduction Jazz music was historically a transformative and iconic type of music which had the capacity to restructure the way artists approached developing their sounds. The African American culture thrived off of the success of jazz music in the 1920s and it helped to completely…

The discrete identity of African-American culture emerged from the past experiences of slavery and the strong impacts of racial discrimination. This culture developed disjointedly from the American culture; this is because the black Americans desired to maintain their own cultural practices. However, this culture originates…

The Extortion of African American Culture in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom In the early 1900’s African American’s used the Blues a s a way of expressing their troubles, including their inability to find a proper niche in a predominately white society. The Blues became a…

In 1968, the Black Studies department was founded at University of California, Santa Barbara as a result of student activism and a radical movement for fundamental education reform. The Black Student Union protested as a means of addressing racial issues faced by the black population…