One of the beauties of our world is how our interaction activities influence our culture all across the world, and in our world today you'll visit different places and realized there is evidence of the culture of other parts of the world being practiced there; among those are how African cultures that have gone on to influence different activities in Latin America, and what started as a mere slave trade and exploration of people has gone on to lead to the development of new norms among the people of these places.
Even though I've not been to Latin American countries before, I've watched movies played by people from that place, listened to music, and seen dances of people of these countries, and one thing I notice is the touches of African culture in these acts; even national TV stations of these countries showcase things that, if not for the skin colors being different, I would have mistaken for African because of how deeply rooted and knitted they are to these African cultures and traditions.
One of the most notable of these, which is quite evident to me, is that of the people of Brazil, who, via the slave trade of years past, and how Africans who once lived their lives have ended up influencing the citizens to the point where they adopt some of these traditional African exhibits while they're there.
You see, during the slave trade, many Africans were shipped from Africa to different parts of the world, including Latin America, to work as slaves or servants, to work on plantations and mines, but regardless of how terribly these Africans were treated, they didn't forget their roots or their traditions, so amidst all this, they kept up with their culture in food, songs, religion, and the likes, and gradually the Latin Americans saw these and adopted some of these, and it goes on to be part of their own way of life.
So, like I said, Brazil is one of the most notable Latin American countries that has been influenced by numerous African cultures. I know this because I've even seen them display many things that are associated with my own culture, in dressing and religion. You see, I'm a Yoruba man from Nigeria, and the religion of the Yoruba people back then was traditional worship of different gods, which, when I watch some Brazilian TVs and cultures, I see and hear them have words that are of the same meaning as a Yoruba language.
Meaning one they've adopted the African Yoruba peoples language, two they've also adopted and been influenced by the religion on those first African men that use to leave there, I heard that during the slave trade, many of the Latin America were inflicted with a illness that was claiming lives but the African who lives there weren't dying, and so when the pay a visit to those African to know they're surviving, was when they find out their traditions rite and natura herb usage they helped heal many of the Brazilian from that pleague and since then, they adopted the natural herb and traditional worshiping, making it there own as well.
Also, the notable Brazilian samba dance and music genre originated in Africa, making it one of the notable aspects of things influenced by African culture on Latin American Brazilian people.
Other countries in Latin America also have such influence, countries like Cuba in their popular music, such as conga, rumba, and timba; their origins are traced to Africa, and so is their dance, like salsa and cha-cha-cha, not forgetting that just like the Brazilian people, Cuban people also adopted the African traditional worshiping of orisha.
We've also got many others, such as Haiti, Colombia, Peru, and the likes, whose African culture has been closely knitted in their language, music, cuisine, dance, religion, and the likes; overall, it's the beauty of humanity for you and how our interaction with one another influences the things we do and how we do them.
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