louisiana_carnival

Louisiana Carnival…unmasked!

All the world knows something of the colourful panorama of the pre-Lenten Carnival celebrations in the American Creole capital of New Orleans, Louisiana. The fantastic parades of allegorical floats, bearing mas...
Mississipi_Mouth

The History of Creole Culture in Louisiana

One of the most vibrant and lively states in the U.S. South is the great state of Louisiana. Although not an economic or commercial powerhouse in anyway, Louisiana is a truly unique piece of the American puzzle...
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Jamie Foxx- Proof that Celebrities are People Too

Jamie Foxx is a worldwide celebrity. His acting and singing careers are known to many but few know about his childhood, and the lingering questions that he is still striving to answer. All too often, ...
Baron Samedi- A Loa of the Dead

Baron Samedi- A Loa of the Dead

Baron Samedi, “The Master of the dead” in Voodoo, occupies a popular place as the guardian of cemetries, and the spirit responsible for an individual's transportation to the underworld.The religion of...
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La Pologne- The Story of Haiti’s Polish Community

The modern world is often viewed through a lens of multiculturalism. Global economies, air travel, and cultural connections , and wars, have turned societies around the world from isolated commun...
Heather Headley- From Trinidad with Soul

Heather Headley- From Trinidad with Soul

Heather Headley might not have the instant recognition of some artists, but she is perhaps more talented than many of her fellow celebrity musicians. An accomplished artiste with four albums to her cr...
Madagascar Dance

Breaking down Dance Traditions in Madagascar

Every culture in societies across the globe boasts traditional characteristics that are unique if not to a people, than to a specific region. Human culture is expressed and preserved in a number of ways. The mo...

Patrick Victor: Kreol King of the Islands

“We are who we believe ourselves to be – not what someone thinks we should be.” It’s a safe bet that Patrick Victor, best-known of all Seychellois singers, would approve of these sentiments, expressed by fellow...

The Forgotten People, Cane River’s Creoles of Color

Mills has produced a historical narrative that has melded facts, lives and personalities in way that provides a great story. The theme of the Cane River Creoles of Colour, epitomised by the Metoyer family runs ...