Makav’s GMA Win Highlights Renaissance in Taiwanese Indigenous Music

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Makav’s GMA Win Highlights Renaissance in Taiwanese Indigenous Music

Makav's win at the Golden Melody Awards highlights a renaissance in Taiwan's multi-stranded Indigenous music.

Source: Variety

MFA’s Dana Chandler acquisition headlines upcoming show - The Bay State Banner

In 1974, artist Dana Chandler created “Fred Hampton’s Door 2” here in Boston. The visceral, moving piece memorialized the brutal murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and several of his associates. This spring, the MFA acquired the life-size installation, bringing the conversation full

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Source: The Bay State Banner

African Diaspora Religions

The continent of Africa has been home to hundreds of indigenous tribes speaking a wide variety of languages and believing a wide variety of different spiritual ideas. One certainly cannot speak of African religion as if it was a single, coherent set of beliefs. The versions of these religions as

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Bangui, Central African Republic (1889- )

Bangui is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation of the Central African Republic. The city had a population of 750,000 people in 2012 which is about 16% of the nation’s 4.6 million people. Bangui spans an area covering 67 square km, or 41.6 miles, and is named after the rapids in the

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Source: Black Past

Sheena Scipio finds purpose in marketing indigenous products - Stabroek News

For Sheena Scipio, while being an entrepreneur comes with the perk of being her own boss, she also finds satisfaction in the purpose it creates. The article Sheena Scipio finds purpose in marketing indigenous products appeared first on Stabroek News.

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National Gallery of Art to reopen West Building on Friday after a year

After closing its doors a year ago because of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Gallery of Art reopens its West Building on Friday.

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Source: WTOP | Washington's Top News

MFA acquires work by 24 diverse contemporary artists

The Museum of Fine Arts has launched an aggressive campaign to acquire works by contemporary

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Covid-19 Threatens India’s Most Vulnerable Tribes - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Great Andamanese live in the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean about 1,500 miles south of New Delhi. The government classifies the Great Andamanese as a particularly vulnerable tribal group or PVTG. While their recovery is a reason for celebration, experts are still concerned

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Cleopatra Profile - Ancient History

Cleopatra lived from 69 B.C. to 30

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‘Cancel Columbus Day’ has Twitter mocking the colonizer as statues come tumbling down

According to CBS Boston, in Boston’s North end, a Christopher Columbus statue was beheaded, leading to the statue’s removal on Wednesday and a statement from Mayor Marty Walsh, saying there will be conversation surrounding the “historical meaning” of the incident and whether it will ever go back

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Brazil’s court rules government must protect tribes from coronavirus - Stabroek News

BRASILIA, (Reuters) - Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President Jair Bolsonaro’s government must adopt measures to stop the spread of novel coronavirus to the country’s vulnerable indigenous

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Chicago Blues Style: Characteristics and Artists

When American became embroiled in World War II, it served to increase the exodus of African-Americans from the Southern states northward to cities like St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago. Former sharecroppers were moving out of the rural areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to find jobs in the

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The Last Poets (1968 - )

The Last Poets, a group of musicians and poet performers, originated out of the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the black

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Forest Theater Artist of the Month: Great Black Century | Dallas Weekly

Artist Nathan Wright, who works under the professional name “Great Black Century,” grew up in Plano, but his family’s history is rooted in Oak Cliff, where he has resided since 2007. I was excited to learn how Nathan got into the world of art.

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Angelina Jolie reveals daughter Zahara's post-surgery care impacted by race

The racial disparities in the medical community have been a hot topic over the last few years and now Hollywood... View Article The post Angelina Jolie reveals daughter Zahara's post-surgery care impacted by race appeared first on TheGrio.

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Covid-19 Threatens India's Most Vulnerable Tribes | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

The Great Andamanese live in the Andaman Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean about 1,500 miles south of New Delhi. The government classifies the Great Andamanese as a particularly vulnerable tribal group or PVTG. While their recovery is a reason for celebration, experts are still concerned

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Source: The Florida Star

Can Photography Be Decolonial?

Art historian Shawn Michelle Smith—in her new book Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography—examines the famous photograph of Emmett

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Source: Public Books

LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Study Finds Why Adults Struggle To Learn New Language | The Florida St

SAN FRANCISCO — If learning a new language as an adult seems like a challenge, you’re not alone. A study by neuroscientists at UC San Francisco has shed light on the age-old question of why it’s so difficult to learn a second language as an adult. The study in patients with epilepsy is helping

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Source: The Florida Star

‘Cancel Columbus Day’ Has Twitter Mocking The Colonizer As Statues Come Tumbling Down

According to CBS Boston, in Boston’s North end, a Christopher Columbus statue was beheaded, leading to the statue’s removal on Wednesday and a statement from Mayor Marty Walsh, saying there will be conversation surrounding the “historical meaning” of the incident and whether it will ever go back

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