{"id":124031,"date":"2022-08-31T20:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/?p=124031"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T00:01:06","slug":"storytelling-from-africa-to-african-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/storytelling-from-africa-to-african-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Storytelling: From Africa to African America"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"124031\" class=\"elementor elementor-124031\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1790aaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1790aaa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-470ce95\" data-id=\"470ce95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2a7f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2a7f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Past to Present<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f82811f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f82811f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Many aspects of\u00a0 West and Central African culture such as story telling and style of delivery, have been modernized in the present day African America through various genres of music including Urban Contemporary Gospel and R&amp;B.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1e6582 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1e6582\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a44d6a9\" data-id=\"a44d6a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a83b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"38a83b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=B95OUKk7alM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Artists like Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary, and Yolanda Adams combined elements of Traditional Gospel and Pop to spread the Gospel of Christ. Testimony is a large part of the sub-genre, as it tells the story of the believer and how divine enlightenment helped them to achieve tranquility and blessings. In Mary Mary&#8217;s &#8221; Yesterday,&#8221; they sing about their experience with heartache, sadness, and loss and the declaration to put their trust in God because he can handle their burdens. with\u00a0 As it relates to West African culture, story-telling was and continues to be the way in which the beliefs of the West African communities are kept and shared.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8500bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8500bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=k2l19a13Ff4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce91207 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce91207\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1168bec\" data-id=\"1168bec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2d68b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd2d68b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">R&amp;B<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04cd463 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04cd463\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>R&amp;B started to gain popularity in the early 1980&#8217;s and continues to expand today with artists like Jazmine Sullivan, Summer Walker, and Ari Lennox. These artists use their voices to tell stories about love, heartbreak, and empowerment. One key element to the performance of R&amp;B is the style of delivery. Artists like Jazmine Sullivan use both her voice and body to personify the words she sings and also get the listener to interact with the song as well. In her performance of her hit song &#8220;Bust Your Windows,&#8221; she uses riffs, runs,\u00a0 and audience engagement to enhance the song and help the audience to feel the emotion that the song is trying to portray. This style of delivery is traced back to that of music in ancestral African culture.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ddfa6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0ddfa6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=5Ds7e7M9OO8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe12536 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe12536\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b47743\" data-id=\"5b47743\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.6.4 &#8211; 13-04-2022 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} From Past to Present Many aspects of\u00a0 West and Central African culture such as story telling and style of delivery, have been modernized in the present day African America through various genres of music including Urban Contemporary Gospel and R&amp;B. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B95OUKk7alM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":125302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6832,9,6,8],"tags":[182,6275],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackmusicscholar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}