no they haven't you fukkin idiot. It's like me saying Pentacostal is holding on to AFrican culture, because there are still pieces of AFrican rituals in it. What about voodoo in Louisiana - i guess that has nothing to do with African origins. Ever heard of Hoodoo? all the additional AFrican based Neo Paganism that erupted in the USA in the past 40 years. Ever heard about the Moorish Scientists You don't know shyt and she doesnn't either...
and since you so stupidly agreed with her, waht about the non-spanish caribbean? ever heard of Jamaican Obeah? Kumina? Orisha? feel stupid yet? go look em up.
black americans are more aware and atuned as whole to AFrican culture then any of those spanish caribbean cultures (not including Brazil, which is portugese).
lastly this not some direct strong link, people hold on to religion when they have nothing else - it's a sign of oppressed people who have nothing to hope for and put everything they had in maintaining their faith. It's one piece of a life , one piece of a culture - it's a link but the source is in Africa. Why isn't she talking about the African culture and not this pseudo mix religions. The real african religions are still be practiced in Africa. Everything she said and you said/agree with is ignorant, stupid, and pointless. So you go look up all the American (African) religions that are LINKS stupid mofo.