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HAP 83 - Songs of the People - Paul Robeson and the Negro Spiritual
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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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