Awon omo Afrika Amerika pada si oselu nu guusu, beesini ni kaakiri orile-ede awon odo ni iwuri lati satunse.IbereLeyin ti ariyanjiyan idiboyan 1876 ti fa opin si Atunko, awon Alawofunfun ni Guusu gba agbara oloselu ibe, leyin ti won ti se ideruba ati fa jagidijagan ninu awon idiboyan.. 
Prad as a gifted songwriter by her peers and Critics alike, ashàntí has written/co-written the bulk of all her music.. 