Music
a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track. The genre originated in New York City in the 1970s as a cultural exchange among Black, Latino, and Caribbean youth and has grown into one of the most consumed genres of music in the United States
What is hip hop?
a dish of elbow shaped pasta coated in a cheese sauce
What is mac n cheese?
variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians
What is AAVE
Known as the “King of Pop”?
Who is Michael Jackson?
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment?
Originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime
What is Jazz
Rice dish from West Africa
What is jollof rice?
creole dialect that has been shaped by our African, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English colonial heritage
What is Jamaican?
South African anti-apartheid activist and a politician
Who is Nelson Mandela?
What is the Haitian Revolution?
a style of music that developed after World War II that combines elements of pop, gospel, blues and jazz with a strong back beat
what is R&B?
cooked tropical fruit that is a snack. Popular in African, caribbean, and latin diets.
What is fried plantains?
it’s the national language of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
What is Swahili?
Known to be the richest man in history?
Who is Mansa Musa?
African countries that were never colonized
What are Ethiopia and Liberia?
urban popular music originating in Nigeria in the late 1960s that emphasizes percussion rhythms and features elements of jazz and funk
What is Afrobeat?
made by boiling starchy root vegetables and then mashing them into a dough-like consistency
What is fufu?
Spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria
What is Yoruba?
Defining figure of the Harlem Renaissance. He was an influential poet, playwright, novelist, etc.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This court case in 1857 declared that the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to Black people
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
a subgenre of rap music that originated in the Southern United States in the 1990s
What is trap?
vegetable with starchy, edible tuber
What is a yam
The only Spanish speaking country in Africa
What it is the Equatorial Guinea?
Professional soccer player who is regarded as one of the greatest of all times
Who is Pelé?
First African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?