HAP 83 - Songs of the People - Paul Robeson and the Negro Spiritual
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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The Hybrid Nature of the Spirituals
Modern spirituals were in african american folk form, blended with elements taken from european music. Alain loche said that spirituals have two parent cultures: negro folk music and protestant christian hymns. The hybrid nature of the spirituals is also discussed in what may be the most famous essay on the topic - James weldon johnson's 'The New Negro'
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