African American Literature

African American Literature refers to the literature of a

combination between two nations which is the literature of

Africa and America . It is about works written by blacks in

America which flourished during the eighteenth and nineteenth

century .most of this period writers wrote about social issues

mainly because they have suffered from as segregation . The

most famous writers of this literature are: Alice Walker

,Frederic Doglass , Toni Morison...

Since the writer is the voice of his society so the African

American writers depicted through their writings their own

tradition as the way literature was transmitted through oral

stories  and celebrating their tradition as well as the problems

the slaves faced.

Slaves life and memories received much attention from writers

as well as their hope for equality and better life along with the

Americans.African American literature is rich with oral 

poetry which is considered as a famous form of literature

during this period which helped for the transmission of this

kind of literature easily .slave narrative was also important

with the famous work of Frederic Doglas "narrative of the life

of frederic doglas" which is a narration about his life as a slave.