African American culture African American culture in the United States includes the various cultural traditions of African ethnic groups. It is both part of and distinct from American culture. The U.S. Census Bureau defines African Americans as "people having origins in any of the Black race groups of Africa."[1] African American culture is indigenous to the descendants in the U.S. of survivors of the Middle Passage. It is rooted in Africa and is an amalgam of chiefly sub-Saharan African and
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Adamaka Ezenwachi Professor Montgomery ENG 1010 LD18 November 13‚ 2013 My Views on Religion Narrative Because both of my parents grew up in Catholic Churches in Nigeria and since they grew up around that religion they wanted to raise their own children in the same environment they were. When I was young I was told that any non-Christian (Muslim‚ Hindu‚ Buddhist) will be sent to hell for all eternity because they do not believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God who came to earth to die
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Differences aesthetics of African cultures The beauty of African art can convey emotional messages to the observer. It is important however to understand the culture that influenced the art. It is hard to distinguish between different types of African art as many of the basic themes of African art are religion. Religion most often manifests itself into African art through masks‚ sculpture‚ ancestor or cult figures‚ fetishes‚ and reliquary figures. There are many different religions throughout the continent
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Question# 4: African cultures‚ by and large‚ bring a similar world view to the relationship between man and the spiritual realm‚ one that is marked by an extremely personal interaction. In the broader African spiritual world human beings are seen to be under the constant influence of other people‚ their ancestors‚ minor deities‚ the Creator‚ and various forces of nature. As a result the African spiritual world can be described as interactive since all things are endowed with life-force. How is this
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Ethnicity‚ Religion‚ and Multiethnic Cultures Jason Jordan Saint Leo University Introduction There are many factors that we use to define ourselves. Ethnicity is the most complicated factor that we use to identify who we are because it involves many aspects of our lives that can be common across many other areas including religion‚ national origin‚ language‚ and race. In the academic world‚ there is a conflict about the theoretical meaning of ethnicity across these specific areas. The American
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The African American Culture and Traditions A Research Study and Facts That Will Take Us Into What Makes This Culture So Unique. Jeanette C. Council Dr. Jefferson Rackley COUN 504 5 May 2012 Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify the uniqueness and diversity of people and practices of the African American culture. Each culture in life has some similarities and some differences. The similarities and differences that are present in a culture is what make the
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1) I first classify myself as an African American before anything else. My family are Catholics but I personally I believe in something more than religion‚ although I do have ties with what my parents believe in. I speak English since it was the first language I learned. I was born in Washington D.C.‚ but raised in both South Carolina and Virginia. Both sides of my family are 2 completely different African American culture plus my own mixed into one. My moms side is considered Gechee‚ which are people
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related to nationality‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ social class‚ generation‚ locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture. In this way‚ cultural identity is both characteristic of the individual but also of the culturally identical group of members sharing the same cultural identity. Cultural identity is similar to and overlaps with identity politics. My culture identity‚ as I know it as is African American. My culture can be seen in food‚ religion‚ language‚ the community‚ family
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semi-independent culture centered on the family and church‚ which enabled them to survive the experience of bondage without abandoning their self-esteem and to pass on to other generations values that conflicted with those of their masters. Slave culture drew on the heritage of Africa. African influence appeared in dance and music‚ forms of religious worship‚ and slave medicine. The end of the foreign slave trade helped foster a particularly new African-American culture‚ shaped by American and African traditions
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African Religion and its Influence on Christianity and Islam Traditional African religion has been the basis of spirituality for the people of Africa. “Although Christianity and Islam have added distinct elements to African religions‚ each has been and continued to be adapted to and shaped by Africa’s indigenous religious heritage” [Ambrose Moyo‚ 2007:326 “Religion in Africa” in G&G. Understanding Contemporary Africa‚ pp.317-350]. This influence is strongly demonstrated in the films: Wonders of
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