By now, countless think pieces and listicles have broken down Beyoncé's ode to black womanhood in her latest visual album "Lemonade." But the acclaimed 6th offering by the R&B diva does more than just pay homage to African-American women or southern culture: "Lemonade" offers fans a musical and visual journey through the African diaspora.<br><br>"[Lemonade] invokes so much of the Yoruba tradition, which is grounded in African tradition," Dr. Amy Yeboah, associate professor of Africana studies at Howard University, said. "But it spreads across the diaspora. So you see it in Cuba, you see it in Louisiana. It's a cultural tradition that connects women of the diaspora together."<br><br>At its very beginning, the film takes the audience to the origin at the diaspora: images of stonewall tunnels allude to the dungeons of Elmina in Ghana, which Yeboah said was "the last place many African people were brought to before being brought to the Americas." From Yoruba face markings to invoking the Middle Passage, Lemonade connects cultures along with the all-too-common stories of hardships and resilience in black women worldwide.
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