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The King of One String

Raised by his grandmother in a poor Jamaican environment, Andrew Chin didn’t appear to have much opportunity for a life of fame. But a vision presented to him when he was a child and foretold him of a future fa...

Identity and Race in the Bayou Country

Louisiana is what many have come to refer to as the northern-most point of Latin America, where créolité, a Latin-based people, culture and consciousness, emerged early in the 1700s. From its earliest stages, t...

Laura Plantation

A Creole Plantation that expresses the unique culture that made Louisiana different from the American mainstream. Along the majestic Mississippi River, about fifty miles from New Orleans stands Laura Plantati...

Tap Dance and Louisiana

Tap dance was born in Louisiana, USA, but that birth came about through the contributions of several cultures. The dances that contributed to tap’s creation hail from points across the globe. Tap has experience...

Cane River Creoles of Louisiana

House at Melrose Plantation. Photo: Rinald Mamachev Kreol explores the generational developments over hundreds of years in the deep South of the United States. The Cane River Creoles of Louisiana established ...

Creoles of Louisiana

From their beginnings as colonists in the New World, the Creoles of Louisiana have enriched American life for hundreds of years. Their contributions to architecture, cuisine and elegant living have earned the...