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african diaspora in the new wo
Title: african diaspora in the new wo
Category: History
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african diaspora in the new wo
African Diaspora In the New World
The study of cultures in the African Diaspora is relatively young. Slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade brought numerousAfricans, under forced and brutal conditions, to the New World. Of particular interest to many recent historians and Africanists is the extent to which Africans were able to transfer, retain, modify or transform their cultures under the conditions of their new environments. Three main schools of thought have emerged in scholarly …showed first 75 words of 1647 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1647 total…cultures and the Anthropological background provided by Thornton on cultural transformation and change persuasive in suggesting the formation of Afro- American rather than "Afro-centric" communities. This approach to the slavery and the slave era is relatively young and will have to be developed. A conclusion that is clear after studying works of Peter Wood, Gwendolyn Hall andRichard Price, is that the early arguments suggesting no connection of African heritage to the Americas are entirely invalid.
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