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The Jazz Theologian
Divided-Identity–Hyphenization (part 3)
By
Robert Gelinas
Slaves were "de-Africanized" almost immediately. But upon arriving in the new land, "Africans in America needed not think even for a moment that they were American’s. The beatings, lynchings, and the psychological demoralization of having to call someone ‘master’ experientially told them that they were not American’s. They were not allowed to be Africans, and…
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