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Meaningful stories: How International African American Museum is celebrating its 1st Kwanzaa

For its first Kwanzaa celebration, the International African American Museum is retelling traditional West African folk tales to explore the seven values of Kwanzaa. "Oftentimes within African folk ...
University of Wyoming

The John and Pam Finley Collection of African and Folk Art

For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...
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African American spirituals, folk melodies, and classical traditions

Florence Price weaves African American spirituals, folk melodies, and classical traditions into a work full of warmth, vitality, and radiant beauty. Hear her Symphony No. 1 tonight on 91.1, 107.5 and ...
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Black song the forge and the flame; the story of how the Afro-American spiritual was hammered out

Heav'n :The natural goal, end, and reward of the sanctified ; The place for the full expression of the people ; Up where Jesus lives ; The place of the union of friends and relatives ; Home ; The ...