African American  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

"Buffalo Gals" (c. 1840), covered by Malcolm McLaren on his 1983 album Duck Rock, which mixed up influences from Africa and America, including hip-hop.

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1. of a person American and black.
2. Of or pertaining to the culture of African American people.

An African American (also Afro-American and black American) is a person in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa.

African American culture

• African diaspora
• African American culture
• Black music
• Blackface
• Black science fiction