minority rights

A Doukhobor festival in Castlegar, British Columbia. For hundreds of years, the Doukhobors' oral cultural was enshrined in songs and prayers.

Born in Canada, they sing in the Russian dialect of their grandparents

Oct 28, 2016

Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez calls his latest album "pure Garifuna."

Music is a ‘weapon to make change’ for this Garifuna guitar player and activist

Dec 8, 2014

Gu Hangyu, sits with his grandmother Wang Yufang, at her home on Chongming Island near Shanghai. She speaks the Chongming dialect, but not standard Chinese.

Development & Education

Hundreds of millions of Chinese stubbornly resist speaking the ‘common tongue’

Nov 29, 2013