1. Concepts of African American Literature
A few that will be discussed thoroughly in this paper, that are majorly common in these types of works are: the idea of double consciousness, the question and search for identity, the Sankofa experience, the Great Migration, and lastly the return to the South. ... They too are forced to accept this theory that they have two souls they must intermingle, or they have to try and re conjure their old culture that is somewhere lost between now and the original contact with the Europeans. ... The African Americans were forced to do manual labor for their owners and taught the ways and beliefs of the...
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