Mainstreams of American music include African, Anglo-American, and European music. African music is a very important factor that produced the popular music of this world today. This is why people called African musical tradition ‘the sand in the oyster: from rags to rap’. The main features of this music are rhythms, instruments, and riff based melody. African music, the music of slaves, began in America after the arrival of the slaves. Due to the slavery, African American before Civil War couldn’t
rituals and traditions that are passed onto generations through word of mouth. Voodoo is not only the working with spirits but also a way of life for many people who practice the religion. A key founder of voodoo has not been established. However, Africans are known to have started the religion and pass onto to many areas
Santeria (Lucumí): The Beliefs, Rituals and Taboos of Syncretism and Discreet Religion The Yorùbá religion comprises religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people of old before the Yoruba community encountered Islam, Christianity and other faiths. It originated from Africa and in the New World, where it has influenced or given birth to several Afro-American religions such as Lucumí in Cuba and Umbanda and Candomblé in Brazil in addition to the transplantation of the homeland religions. A
Abraham Heschel, a Jewish theologian who lived from 1907-1972, wrote in the introduction to his book The Prophets that, “The prophet was an individual who said No to his society, condemning its habits and assumptions, its complacency, waywardness, and syncretism.” (Heschel, The Prophets, p. xxix) To Heschel, the prophets’ message of justice was a reaction to God’s divine concern for the human race. Their harsh message challenged everyone from priests to kings. When Heschel was a child, he was surrounded