African diaspora in Louisiana

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African diaspora community cultural group in Louisiana ethnic community in the United States

The African diaspora in Louisiana comprises the communities of African descent whose cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions have profoundly shaped the state’s Creole heritage, music, cuisine, and social history.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African diaspora community ⓘ cultural group in Louisiana ⓘ ethnic community in the United States ⓘ
associatedWith	cotton plantations in Louisiana ⓘ plantation economy of Louisiana ⓘ rice cultivation in Louisiana ⓘ sugar plantations in Louisiana ⓘ
culturalPractice	call-and-response singing ⓘ drumming and polyrhythms ⓘ funeral jazz processions ⓘ ring shout traditions ⓘ storytelling and folktales ⓘ
demographicCenter	Acadiana region NERFINISHED ⓘ Baton Rouge NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ River Parishes of Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Shreveport NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Bambara peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu-speaking peoples ⓘ Central African peoples ⓘ Fon peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Igbo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Kongo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandé peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegambian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ West African peoples ⓘ Wolof peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoruba peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	A. P. Tureaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ Homer Plessy NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahalia Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Laveau NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	African Americans in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Afro-Creole communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Catholics in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Muslims in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Protestants in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Free people of color in Louisiana ⓘ Louisiana Creoles of color NERFINISHED ⓘ Maroons in Louisiana ⓘ
heritageRecognizedBy	Louisiana African American Heritage Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ National Park Service sites in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Code Noir in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow era in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana Purchase NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalProcess	American slavery in the Deep South NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonial slavery in Louisiana ⓘ Spanish colonial slavery in Louisiana ⓘ
influenced	Cajun and Creole cuisine ⓘ Gumbo ⓘ Jambalaya ⓘ Louisiana Creole culture ⓘ Louisiana Creole language NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana French dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Mardi Gras Indian traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans brass band music ⓘ blues music ⓘ jazz music ⓘ okra-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine ⓘ second line parade traditions ⓘ zydeco music ⓘ
languageInfluence	African loanwords in Louisiana Creole ⓘ African phonological patterns in Louisiana French ⓘ
locatedIn	Louisiana ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
religiousTraditions	Afro-Protestant churches in Louisiana ⓘ Black Catholicism in Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoodoo folk practices in Louisiana ⓘ Louisiana Voodoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
struggledFor	civil rights in Louisiana ⓘ desegregation of schools in Louisiana ⓘ voting rights in Louisiana ⓘ

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