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MRS E's COLLECTABLES WEEKLY ON LINE NEW LETTER---May 2, 2008
Books-Black History-Music-Blues-Gospel-and More
According to Anthropologist, Mankind and Civilizations originated out of Africa, Historians Continually seek to document the journey of a People transplanted, primarily by the Slave trade thru out the world. Mrs. E's Collectables is a work in progress, searching for a wide range of Academic Resources documenting the existence and depth of African/African American Culture, past, present and future. We chose Amazon.com as our Source for Black History, Literature. Blues, Spirituals, Gospel, Hip Hop, Classical and Jazz pages, we appreciate your feedback. This site will never be complete and is constantly being updated, bookmark us and check back often.
African American Studies curriculum:
A sample curriculum for African American Studies,
Black History,
Many Historians and Scholars (i.e. Lerone Bennett, JR.) have Documented our African Heritage from West Africa before we were taken "Hostage" and brought to the Americas and Caribbean, as Slave labor, thru Reconstruction, the Jim Crow ere, the Civil Rights turmoil, to the present time..
Literature,
Having its origins in the slave narratives and the folktales transmitted orally during that period, the literature of the African American has been rich and varied. Beginning with the first published work of fiction (-Clotel : Or, The President's Daughter) in 1853, continuing under the influence of W.E.B. Du Bois during the first part of this century, and reaching a flowering during the Harlem Renaissance, major contributions have been made to American literature. Today African American writers , such as Toni Morrison, Alex Haley, and Maya Angelou are recognized as among the most significant and popular authors in this country
Blues,
Alan Lomax states that the blues tradition was considered to be a masculine discipline (although some of the first blues songs heard by whites were sung by 'lady' blues singers like Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith) and not many black women were to be found singing the blues in the juke-joints. The Southern prisons also contributed considerably to the blues tradition through work songs and the songs of death row and murder, prostitutes, the warden, the hot sun, and a hundred other privations. (Lomax) The prison road crews and work gangs where were many bluesmen found their songs, and where many other blacks simply became familiar with the same songs.
The Charters Archive of Blues and Vernacular African American Music--- Samuel Charters
Spirituals,
The lyrics of negro spirituals were tightly linked with the lives of their authors: slaves. While work songs dealt only with their daily life, spirituals were inspired by the message of Jesus Christ and his Good News (Gospel) of the Bible, "You can be saved". They are different from hymns and psalms, because they were a way of sharing the hard condition of being a slave.
Gospel,
Tribal African music of four hundred years ago differed from European and white American music in one major regard: secular music did not exist in African traditions. Besides sacred music, Europeans sang about love, war, and drinking, as well as the recent historical events of nearby villages, or far off countries. While many of these songs mentioned God in some manner, many still remained secular and popular among the village and country folk.
Hip Hop,
By the 1990s any sound source was considered fair game and rap artists borrowed sounds from such disparate sources as Israeli folk music, bebop jazz records, and television news broadcasts.
African Americans have had a profound impact on the development of music in the United States. While their role in the history of American popular and folk music is now generally acknowledged and appreciated, their influence within the "classical" music world has received little attention--even within the African American community (Read More)
Is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans.
Africa Studies for all 54 Nations on the Continent of Africa. These links are automatically updated by Amazon.com
Caribbean,
Like other people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere, the progenitors of the overwhelming majority of African Americans were brought to North America as African slaves between the 1600s and 1807.They came from eight distinct slave-trading regions in Africa.
Historians of African and African American History have sought to discover and document contributions made to the civilizations of the world, particularly America and the former colonies, by the people of African origan.
Native American
Explore the historic connection of the Africans and Native Americans.
Queer studies is the study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. There are a growing number of college courses in this area, and currently there are over 40 certificate and degree granting programs with at least five institutions in the United States offering an undergraduate major; a growing number of similar courses are offered in countries other than the USA.
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