TThe ways in which African slaves gave vent of their feelings other than singing and chanting

It is readily apparent that the slave creative talents took them beyond folktales, religion, and childhood games into other forms of expression. We will observe how much music and other cultural expressions help slaves to survive and even transcend the cruelest aspects of their bondage. They had many recreation such as shooting, running down the wild game, wrestling, cock fighting and gambling were favorite pastimes.
One of the main cultural expressions is the dancing which is also known as slave recreation. The main instruments were the drum, tambourine and shack shacks. Dancing was the slaves’ first love, for which they seem to have an inborn enthusiasm and a willingness to pursue it till they drop...