Research on Paul Simon's album Graceland

In my very own opinion I believe Graceland can, or at least is considered to me an American Literature. The notes we took in class said that "American" is anyone who is somehow related to the United States. With that being said Paul Simon was from the United States, he just had an idea to combine two whole different types of music and come up with a whole new type of music. His music comes from two different types of roots, one of them is American pop music and the other is African music. Which proves my point. :)