First, let’s give you a lil’ history. African and African American folklore is dated back to the 1700s. Storytelling was a huge part of our cultural foundation all the way back before the ...

By highlighting African American folk traditions and asserting that they are as culturally significant as white folkways the festival encouraged a reevaluation of Southern tradition and history.

Manga's brand has started to take off, with bottles of his olive oil stocked by upmarket South African retailer Woolworths. He wants to see more support from the government so he can grow his ...

GIANNA NANNINI BAEZ IS 16 YEARS OLD NOW, BUT SHE’S BEEN DANCING WITH BAILES DE MI TIERRA, MEXICAN FOLK DANCE GROUP ... BUT ALL IMMIGRANTS. LATIN AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AFRICAN, WHEREVER THEY ...

As Leslie Brown made her way from the Richmond Folk Festival’s Sultans of Shred show on Brown’s Island to the step-dancing competition at the corner of Byrd and 2nd streets, she kept thinking ...

“Going Down To Mississippi” by Phil Ochs Phil Ochs knew his way around political protest songs in the 1960s, the most well-known being the 1965 folk ... roots in the African-American community.

The Richmond Folk Festival is marking its 20th year on ... “For the hearing impaired, several of the stages will have American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, and you can check the festival ...

While the North African region’s importance during the Iron Age and Islamic era is well known, researchers said there is a significant gap in knowledge about its archaeology between 4000BC and ...

Waves of food influences – Native, African, British ... turn them into definitive American dishes. And then we oftentimes send the reformulated food back out into the wider world to complete ...

It’s constantly found on lists of the greatest American songs of all time, and we understand why it’s so loved years after it was released. Few folk songs capture the American experience quite ...