非洲史诗是非洲最古老、最具代表性的口头文学体裁,不仅提供历史信息,揭示各民族文化身份和价值观,还构建各民族的审美。托尼·莫里森传承了非洲祖先的文化基因,在其作品里弥补了美国黑人文化中非洲祖先身份的移位、缺失和与历史的分离,使作品具有鲜明的非洲文化色彩,非洲史诗更是留下了浓墨重彩的一笔。本文通过对莫里森作品中非洲史诗历史与美学元素体现的分析,展示莫里森如何回应非洲祖先发出的精神和文化呼唤。 African epics are the oldest and most representative oral literary genre in Africa. They not only provide historical information, reveal the cultural identities and values ​​of various ethnic groups, but also build the aesthetic standards of all ethnic groups. In his works, Tony Morrison inherited the cultural genes of African ancestors and made up for the displacement, absence and separation of African ancestral identities in African American culture, making the works distinctive of African culture and even more like African epics Left a touch of color. This essay analyzes Morrison’s response to the spiritual and cultural calls sent by African ancestors by analyzing Morrison’s history and aesthetic elements of African epics.