... , and mask codes of escape. For the majority of black people living in colonial America, intellectual pursuits were forbidden, thus for cultural expression they drew essentially from their African oral heritage. Using these roots, Euro-American origins, and their own interpretations of biblical myth and typology, they created proverbs, work songs, spirituals, folktales, and other forms of ... Spirituals are considered to be the most original and beautiful expressions of human life in the achievements of African and African American literature and culture. Spirituals combine African and ...

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... . "Twoness" is a divided consciousness of ones identity, and reconciliation of the divided American Negro. Also commonly seen is the alienation from the white race, the use of folk material or oral tradition, and the problems with writing for a white audience (Reuben 2). The Harlem Renaissance wasn't just a literary movement: it included racial consciousness, "the back to Africa" movement led by Marcus Garvey, racial ... ...

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