Being a resident of South Carolina, African American culture was chosen as part of the applied learning project for the intercultural nursing class, because African- Americans make up more than a quarter of the African-American population. the population of this state. According to the 2010 United States Census Bureau, the total population of South Carolina (SC) is 4,625,364, of which 27.9% are of African American origin. The purpose of this article is to develop an understanding and sensitivity to issues and cultural variations or phenomena unique to African American culture. Another goal is to identify nursing interventions that are important for the nurse to consider in caring for this population. These phenomena include variations in social organization, communication, space, time perception, environmental control, and biological variations associated with African American culture. (Giger, 2013 and South Carolina Minority, n.d.) “In a time when people seek to become more culturally aware, it is important to note the distinctions that make cultures different and unique from one another” (Giger , 2013, p. 163). “Culture involves much more than race, ethnicity, and language” (Smith, 2013, p. 32). Culture is a combination of learned behaviors, beliefs, and values ​​that are reinforced through exposure to social interactions within the immediate social group or surrounding society. A personal interview was conducted with Andrea Sinkler, an African American woman whose cultural influence is primarily attributed to her association with family and social interactions. It should be noted that in an effort to avoid redundancy, the author has chosen to use the terms African American and black as synonyms when referring to the culture, which...... middle of paper.. ....yst in the effort to eliminate health disparities and thereby improve long-term outcomes for African American culture. CitéGiger, J. (2013). Transcultural nursing: assessment and intervention. (6 ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Opala, J. (nd). The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leonean-American Connection. Retrieved from http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/06.htmSinkler, A. (February 12, 2014). Interview conducted by LS Shaw. Smith, L. (2013). Towards cultural competence. Nursing 2013, 43(6), 30-37. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000429794.17073.87 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Minority Health. (nd). Minority population of South Carolina. Retrieved from website: http://www.scdhec.gov/images/dhec_logo.gifThe African Slave Trade and South Carolina. (nd). Retrieved from http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/slavery18-2.html