THEY SAID BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T SWIM but everything about the history and culture of African Americans dictates that we are a water loving people. The ancestry of African Americans is a mix of African tribes many of which thrived on the coast of West Africa. We have been in America for just a short time, but for centuries West Africans thrived in an environment where life was dependent upon lakes, streams, ponds, and waterfalls. Today black children and adults in America are disproportionately affe