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Sterling Stuckey explains the process of how various African peoples from Igbos to Akans fashioned themselves into a single people on the slave plantations of the south.

#SterlingStuckey explains how slaves ships became a unifying force among enslaved people regardless of their cultural ties. He also explains how the slave ship developed racism and the concept of color among enslaved people. #Slaveculture

#SterlingStuckey tells the tale of King Buzzard which was an ancient African myth that linked Africans on the continent to Africans in America. That specific link was a symbol of cultural retention that enslaved people maintained. #Slaveculture

#SterlingStuckey describes the Ring Shout as a religious ceremony that was directed towards the ancestors and the Gods. The ritual is characterized by counter clockwise movement in a circle that accelerates. #Slaveculture

Listervelt Middleton and #SterlingStuckey discuss the Ring shout and how it's closely related to the creation of the blues, jazz, gospel music, and tap dancing.
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Listervelt Middleton and #SterlingStuckey discuss the specifics of the Circle Dance which was performed by people in West and Central Africa. It was said to be performed as a ritual honoring the dead or the ancestors. #Slaveculture

Listervelt Middleton and #SterlingStuckey discuss the fear and perception that whites had of the Ring Shout and it's impact on civilizing enslaved people. They misinterpreted it as dirty and heathen because they couldn't understand it. #Slaveculture