they used bamjos buliding drums and other instruments
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Enslaved Africans kept African history and culture alive by telling stories.
Enslaved Africans kept African history and culture alive by telling stories.
Through Storytelling
Slaves kept their African culture alive by practicing traditional customs and rituals in secret, passing down oral traditions to younger generations, and creating new forms of cultural expression that blended African and European influences. They also used music, dance, and storytelling as ways to maintain their cultural identity and resist assimilation.
Enslaved Africans kept African history and culture alive by telling stories.
African slaves were treated very poorly on the slaver ships. They needed to keep the slaves alive--but otherwise, slaves were just like any other cargo.
Enslaved Africans kept African history and culture alive by telling stories.
they used to go around their fires and sing and tell African songs and stories.
Often they didn't. They were not allowed to speak their native language, keep their names, practice religious services, and do things that were culturally important. Slaves were considered property and the system did everything it could to remove them from the past and any future. This was a severe system that systematically took the humanity from slaves.