Research Paper On African American Culture

If there were no written documents of our African history, could we tell the story of back then, according to how we as a people live today? As African American people the answer is no because as African American people, we need to understand where we came from, so we can understand where we are going. In the article “Beyond the Written Document: Looking for Africa in African American Culture,” explains how important history is and all of the information it can provide. With historians in the past to historians today, we can understand where we came from. In this particular article, learning about were African Americans came from, culture, slavery, agriculture, and what happened beyond the written document would improve many African American individuals today. As African American, we originally came from Africa. We were taken away from our homeland and was sold into slavery. We were taken to America to work for free and benefit the European people by making a profit. We were torn away from our natural way of living and put in an unknown environment, where we were expected to work and make other profitable. As African American people we were cheated of our heritage being that after our ancestors were taken away from their homeland, no one had any history to share with the …show more content…
I now recognize that African slaves actually assist the American slave masters to become knowledgeable of different agriculture advancement. If it was not for African slaves, slave owners in America would have been lost, confused, and impoverished. Also, the article made me aware that I will never truly be knowledgeable of my history considering there are various essential documents that have been lost and destroyed while African slaves were transported to the