The Tropical St. Patrick’s Day That Honors African History

Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave ...

How Charlotte African, Latin and Indian dance groups foster culture + community

Charlotte-area organizations like El Alma de la Luna, Dances of India and Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective elevate ...

Three years in, We Black Folk is still preserving musical traditions that are ‘for us, by us’

We Black Folk challenges the public’s often white-washed idea of folk music and welcomes artists of color into the folk community.
IEEE

Dancing Into the Digital Age: Experimenting the Digitization of the Pauliteiros Folk Dances

Abstract: Digitizing intangible cultural heritage is a crucial step in preserving and protecting traditions, customs, and knowledge that have been passed down from generation to generation. By ...
YorkRegion.com

This Vaughan senior has spent 3 decades teaching children about Jamaican storytelling to keep Black history alive beyond February

Jamaican-Canadian literacy educator and interactive storyteller Angela Royes has served communities in Vaughan and Etobicoke, ...
CityNews Montreal

‘You get to remember your roots:’ Culture and colour at forefront of Dawson College’s Caribbean Style Carnival

Dawson College hosted a Caribbean Style Carnival Thursday, highlighting the cultures of different Caribbean countries like Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, and Trinidad. Ariel Marshall is a former psychology ...
The Ithacan

First-ever Carifiesta celebrates cultural pride through music, food and dance

On a rainy, warm winter night at Ithaca College, a fiesta brought music, celebration and joy to Emerson Suites and IC Square.