Rhythm And Blues: The Identity Of Creole

Nous sommes Acadiens. (We are Acadians.) Some outsiders see us as a quaint, virtuous people, spending a great deal of time singing, dancing, praying, and visiting? (Conrad, 1978, p.14). Others see us as independent and unsophisticated. We see ourselves as fun-loving, carefree, happy, proud people who have a great love for our culture. The Acadians were French settlers of eastern Canada who were exiled from their land in the 1750?s. The Acadians are known to have settled in the southern bayou lands of Louisiana around that time. The Acadiana people acquired their nickname, ?Cajuns,? from those people who could not pronounce Acadians correctly. Due to the opinion that Cajuns were ?different?, they lived close together and became isolated

Over the years, African American Music has developed as not only as cultural but also artistic phenomenon affecting the world. The music takes its own stand of being dominant as well of having a prevailing means of expression through the use of the lyrics. The lyrics of many songs tend to use a specific type of language in order to create that connection between the listeners. This certain style of language helps the listeners to think on a deeper level about the real meaning behind the lyrics.

Beyoncé uses “Formation” as a continuation of the story in “Freedom” by making a statement about working hard to obtain what she wants and pride in her roots, particularly her southern black heritage. She alludes to how far she has come when she says she rocks her Givenchy dress (citation). Here, she is calling attention to how far she has come and the fortune she has earned by referencing her Givenchy dresses, a luxury brand only someone well off can afford. However, she did not forget where she came from and references her heritage in the second verse when she says “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana” She is

Unlike the Cajuns, the Creole people were the upper class and felt they needed to recreate European dishes in order to be happy. Creole cooking is more complex than Cajun. Unlike Cajun cooking, Creole cooking cooks all the ingredients separately and serves them. They were able to afford rare spices and other foods from Europe that were not readily found in Louisiana. Creole food is always full-flavored, with generous components of butter, pepper, salt and herbs.

The area of New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the places that was strongly influence by Haiti. The City of New Orleans has the richest culture compare to others Urban area in the United States. Haitian life and elements is found in the tradition of voodoo. Which is still a part of the Culture in New Orleans today. Elements of the Haitian language was contributed to the Creole language. Which people speak in New Orleans and areas around it.

Louisiana is a place with a lot of history and some say the best food in the world. "Creole" is a word that refers to the French colonists who came to Louisiana in the 18th century. Creole food are from French foods because that's what the colonists would made for themselves. Since Louisiana is a hot and wet climate they had to change some of their cooking to use food sources they were available for them to use. Since settlers from other countries came to Louisiana their food also influenced Creole cooking.

Economics had played a big part of the Creoles goal to succeed. The goal was for the Creoles to gain more power economically. In documents C & D, both explain what had happened. In Document C it stated, “We in America are perhaps the first to be forced by our own government to sell out products artificially

The Creoles were a group of people of Spanish blood that were born in America, Spanish immigrants and Spanish people called Peninsulares held most high ranking jobs. The Creoles led the fight for Latin American independence because they did not have positions politically and the economic system was unfair. Politically, the creoles didn’t have much of a say but they were more involved than other people lower on the hierarchical pyramid. The Creoles had the economic and social influence because of their higher position, but “the peninsulares monopolized all administrative positions” (Doc B).

It was a hot, muggy day like any other in southern Louisiana, right near the Atchafalaya Basin, and between the run-down gas stations and Spanish Moss-covered trees, there was something buzzing in the air, mingling with the hum of the mosquitoes. It was Zydeco, tricking out from the radios that were scattered around the rest station. Between the bars of the music, Louisiana Creole (a language with French, African, Spanish, and American Indian roots) intertwined with guitars and

Haitian descent rappers in Montreal and rap Kreyol artists from Haiti were both introduced to rap music the same way listening to imported, bootleg tapes made in America. Although, both groups located at different areas around the globe, they produce their music using American hip-hop beats. The Haitian people blend it with customary Kreyol language while the artist in Montreal rap in French and mix in “their own language codes” (Vertus 2016). Both groups rapping about the socioeconomic challenges faced every day like poverty, ghetto life, and the drug culture. Haiti’s more lenient when it comes to accepting hip-hop into their culture and has grown considerably and undergone many changes over the past years. In comparison with the people

Rhythm and blues, also known today as “R & B”, has been one of the most influential genres of music within the African American Culture, and has evolved over many decades in style and sound. Emerging in the late 1940's rhythm and blues, sometimes called jump blues, became dominant black popular music during and after WWII. Rhythm and blues artists often sung about love, relationships, life troubles, and sometimes focused on segregation and race struggles. Rhythm and blues helped embody what was unique about black American culture and validate it as something distinctive and valuable.

The Oxford English Dictionary has many different definitions for “Creole,” but the one that I found to relate the closest to Belinda was the following:

African American vernacular traditions have been around for many centuries and still cease to exist in their culture. The vernacular traditions of the African Americans started when slaves were existent in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is believed that the slaves spoke a mix of Creole and partial English, in which they had to create in order to communicate between them discreetly. The vernacular traditions originated from the way the slaves lived their lives and their creativity. The relationship between the slaves and their masters, were very weak because the master’s believed that the slaves were inferior to them. It is believed that African American

The evolution of Caribbean Literature started centuries before the Europeans graced these shores and continues to develop today. Quite noticeably, it developed in a manner which transcended all language barriers and cultures. Today the languages of the Caribbean are rooted in that of the colonial powers - France, Britain, Spain and Holland - whose historical encounters are quite evident throughout the region. The cosmopolitan nature of the region's language and cultural diversity develop from the mixture of European languages with Native American languages (mainly the Caribs and Arawaks) in the formation of creoles and local patois (hybrid languages) and those of Africans brought to the Caribbean as

The article explains where the Haitian Creole language comes from and by which dialects was it inspired. When African slaves were imported on the island they had no effective method to communicate between them. People spoke different languages since the slaves were form different part of West Africa, and so they had to create their own system of communication. The article also gives the main languages that influence Haitian Creole and how it finally became a nationally recognized language, in