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Brandi Fullwood

Multimedia ProducerThe World
Brandi Fullwood is a multimedia producer for The World's Future Folk collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Center.
Young woman on a green gown smiles while sitting on a sofa.
How a high school student’s hand-painted graduation dress went viral
A woman stands on the porch of a house
Conflict & Justice
Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?
The Facebook logo is reflected in the lenses of a woman's glasses
We asked listeners why they can’t quit Facebook. Here’s what you said.
Favorite albums of 2018
Global Hit
The World’s favorite albums of 2018
closeup of hands shucking corn
Culture
Indigenous chef Sean Sherman wants you to know the truth behind Thanksgiving
Man in orang jumpsuit dancing in front of two people in army fatigues
Future Folk
This is a remix? Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ has started a global wave of remix videos
Mela Murder holds her daugther Amethyst in the Hurray for the Riff Raff Music video for Palante
Future Folk
In song and video, ‘Pa’lante’ depicts Puerto Rico’s resilience
Traditional Women’s Music from Ghana album cover
Future Folk
A Mother’s Day to end all wars
Egyptian men and Sufi Muslims practice ritualized Zikr (invocation)
Arts
Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo’s Conselho do Bom Senso
South London musician Cosmo Pyke
Arts
Cosmo Pyke and Frank Ulwenya capture the sound of travel with soul and surf rock
Sudan Archives
Arts
Sudan Archives makes a new jig with the help of West African fiddling
South Korean girl group GFriend rehearse in Seoul
Arts
How Koreans put the ‘K’ in K-pop
Asma Jahangir speaks during a news conference in Islamabad
Media
Human rights activist lawyer Asma Jahangir inspired women to speak loudly
Artist Lakshmi Ramgopal poses in front of yellow flowers in this 2017 photograph.
Arts
Lakshmi Ramgopal is adding Indian classical music influences to her electronic-ambient projects
Late South African jazz great Hugh Masekela,
Culture
How South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela inspired band members
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Arts
From Indonesia to Peru, these folk songs weave voice and instruments together
A sample of The World's favorite music picks for 2017
Music
Our 14 favorite albums of 2017
Congolese Collective KOKOKO! in yellow jumpsuits
Arts
KOKOKO! makes experimental afropop with found objects
MC Afrikan Boy
Music
MC Afrikan Boy’s ‘Wot It Do?’ is a call to action
Björk's latest album Utopia explores flutes, birds, and past loves
Arts
A-side B-side: Björk, Lullabies and in-between feelings
A woman
Arts
Singing in Choctaw, Samantha Crain aims to create new traditions
Man on sidewalk looking up
Arts
So, what is the problem with Apu?
Venezuelan musician Algodon Egipcio's is helping Venezuelan immigrants understand the crisis
Arts
Algodón Egipcio’s ‘La Estrella Irregular’ is another way to understand the ongoing crisis in Venezuela
Barbara Dane singing at a protest in 1964.
Culture
Barbara Dane just can’t recall any good fascist songs
Native children sing "Ten Little Indians" at Albuquerque Indian School.
Culture
The Wabanaki people are taking back their narrative
A fan of Mashrou' Leila holds a rainbow flag during their concert
Music
Egypt is raiding its LGBTQ community after rainbow flags flew at a concert. And the West is silent.
A boy in a Pikachu hat plays a Nintendo game console
Culture
A Jewish folk song is preserved in a Japanese video game