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African diaspora

Five people pose for a photo with music instruments.

Ranky Tanky honors Gullah culture with Grammy-nominated album

Music

The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Kevin Hamilton and Clay Ross from Gullah music ensemble “Ranky Tanky.”

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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

The World

Are African immigrants African American?

Culture

Frederick Douglass Descendant on Civil War Anniversary

Arts, Culture & Media

Many Americans are related to people who fought and died in the Civil War. But imagine that you’re related not just to one figure we associate with the Civil War and aftermath, but two. This is the case for Kenneth Morris.

The World

The Garifuna: African influence in Central America

Global Politics

Today’s Global Hit starts on the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent in 1635. Two slave ships wrecked there, and the slaves escaped. They mixed in with the native Caribs, giving birth to a new Afro-Caribbean culture; the Garifuna. Lonny Shavelson reports.

The World

Africans in New York

Conflict & Justice

Phillip Martin reports on how the election of Barack Obama might help bring together African-Americans and African immigrants in New York City.