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African-American dance, like other aspects of African-American culture, finds its earliest roots in the dances of the hundreds of African ethnic groups that made up the enslaved African population in the Americas as well as in traditional folk dances from Europe. Dance in the African tradition, and thus in the tradition of slaves, was a part of ...
A traditional dessert in African American families during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays is making and eating sweet potato pie. [110] In the records of slave narratives, enslaved people made sweet potato pie. [111] Banana pudding [112] Pudding made with vanilla custard, vanilla wafers, bananas, whipped cream and vanilla extract Red velvet ...
Cornbread, a traditional Native American food, became a staple in African-American cooking Southeastern Native American culture is an important element of Southern cuisine . From their cultures came one of the main staples of the Southern diet: corn (maize), either ground into meal or limed with an alkaline salt to make hominy , in a Native ...
Recipes from Africa, the Caribbean & Latin America for Black History Month.
Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...
Given names used by African-American people are often invented or creatively-spelled variants of more traditional names. Some names are created using syllables; for example, the prefixes La- or De- and the suffixes -ique or -isha.
Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1, every year) is a non-secular (i.e., not a replacement for Christmas) holiday celebrated by Black Americans, as well as Afro-Caribbeans and others of African ...
As a master storyteller and cook, she bridges the traditional African-American table and 21st-century flavors in stories and recipes. These dishes and essays will inspire parties to salute one of ...