The World from PRX

African diaspora

Five people pose for a photo with music instruments.
Music
Ranky Tanky honors Gullah culture with Grammy-nominated album
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Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ is emotional for descendants on both sides of the slave trade
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‘Willful amnesia’: How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade
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A professor with Ghanaian roots unearths a slave castle’s history — and her own
Culture
Are African immigrants African American?
Arts, Culture & Media
Frederick Douglass Descendant on Civil War Anniversary
Global Politics
The Garifuna: African influence in Central America
Conflict & Justice
Africans in New York