/tags/african-diaspora African diaspora en-US WLRN Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:39:26 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-02-27/sundial-how-miamis-black-diaspora-inspired-this-smithsonian-museum-curator Joanne Hyppolite made a career out of helping tell the important ways in which Black people influenced all aspects of American culture as a curator at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. She joins host Carlos Frías to talk about why she calls Miami home. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:39:26 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-02-27/sundial-how-miamis-black-diaspora-inspired-this-smithsonian-museum-curator Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /news/2021-11-18/livin-the-rhythm-brings-african-drum-circle-and-community-to-a-loxahatchee-farm Livin’ the Rhythm’ is an African drum circle promoting community healing and healthy eating in Loxahatchee Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:53:12 GMT /news/2021-11-18/livin-the-rhythm-brings-african-drum-circle-and-community-to-a-loxahatchee-farm Wilkine Brutus /news/2021-11-08/afro-colombian-trio-chocquibtown-is-honoring-urbanos-black-roots The trio ChocQuibTown is from Chocó, Colombia. That’s a coastal region where the majority of the population is descended from enslaved Africans. Their blend of dancehall, hip-hop, and Afro-Latin jazz is a call and response to the African diaspora. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:00:00 GMT /news/2021-11-08/afro-colombian-trio-chocquibtown-is-honoring-urbanos-black-roots Elisa Baena /news/2021-08-10/british-nigerian-art-takes-shape-in-downtown-west-palm-beach The colorful West African batik fabric sculpture explores, according to the artist, the ever-evolving impact of post-colonialism, identity, global trade and multiculturalism. Tue, 10 Aug 2021 21:04:35 GMT /news/2021-08-10/british-nigerian-art-takes-shape-in-downtown-west-palm-beach Wilkine Brutus /2020-08-25/amid-reckoning-over-racial-injustice-universities-renew-support-for-black-studies-in-miami-and-nationwide The African and African Diaspora Studies program at Florida International University had been at risk of getting cut for years because of its tiny enrollment. Black Lives Matter changed that almost overnight. Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:30:16 GMT /2020-08-25/amid-reckoning-over-racial-injustice-universities-renew-support-for-black-studies-in-miami-and-nationwide Jessica Bakeman /education/2020-05-28/unique-african-studies-masters-at-fiu-faces-two-threats-stubbornly-low-enrollment-and-covid-19 Seven students sit surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, the afternoon sunlight illuminating a darker discussion about a 1937 massacre that left… Thu, 28 May 2020 13:40:14 GMT /education/2020-05-28/unique-african-studies-masters-at-fiu-faces-two-threats-stubbornly-low-enrollment-and-covid-19 Jessica Bakeman, Jon Marcus