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Through sublime rhymes, poet Pages Matam paid tribute to his Cameroonian mother on Diaspora Day at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Poet G Yamazawa throws down some powerful rhymes on Diaspora Day at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Early visitors to the Folklife Festival Thursday morning were greeted with a “Karibuni!” at the Karibuni Workshop Stage.
Peace Corps Kenya began in 1964 and remains one of the oldest Peace Corps programs in Africa
Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life.
This poem by Chinese poet Xu Xuan (916-991 CE) honors the transition from winter to spring. According to the Chinese Almanac, March 21 is the first day of the season
For a lot of people who read these words, it may be a bit difficult to understand the real plight of endangered languages around the world.
I’m approaching the day when I must leave school and make my way in the world; as a graduate student, I’ve been asking myself on a daily basis
When Marjorie Hunt, co-curator of this past summer’s One World, Many Voices: Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage program
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