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Learn about some of the contributions and facets of African American culture.

For more information about the various tribes, visit the African American History collection.

 

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Learn about some of the contributions and facets of African American culture.

For more information about the various tribes, visit the African American History collection.

 

The Visitor | Carolyn White | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
The Visitor | Carolyn White | Digital Traditions
Episode 6
Recorded at the 1998 Fall Folklife Festival, McKissick Museum. Notice the differences between this version and the version in the video clip. As with most forms of folk narrative, variation is an...
Agnes Brown Photos | Digital Traditions

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Agnes Brown Photos | Digital Traditions
West Africans brought to the South Carolina and Georgia coasts as slaves settled on geographically isolated plantations whose owners often were absent. Such conditions allowed lowcountry slaves to...
Veronica Gerald | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Veronica Gerald | Digital Traditions
Veronica Gerald’s familiarity with the South Carolina Gullah culture extends well beyond her professional career of researching and teaching about this unique community. One could say she has spent...
Fahamu Pecou Talks Remix Exhibit | Palmetto Scene

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Fahamu Pecou Talks Remix Exhibit | Palmetto Scene
Columbia Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, Remix, is a wide variety of works that look at what many African American artists practice – a retelling of ideas from their own perspective. One of the...
Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music

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Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music
Episode 12
African call-and-response patterns and improvisation survived the Middle Passage and became two of the basic elements of one of today’s most popular forms of music. In the 1970s, rap music began in...
African Music | Gullah Music

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African Music | Gullah Music
Episode 1
Music was an important tradition in Africa centuries before Africans were brought to America. Singing was a part of everyday life when people were at work, worship or play. The drum was the most...
Charleston Basketweavers | Digital Traditions 4

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Charleston Basketweavers | Digital Traditions
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Excerpt from 1986 USC News production. Dale Rosengarten discusses sweetgrass basketry as a part of the Charleston tourist trade, as well as a one of the most highly recognized African-American art...