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Music of the African Diaspora Duration 6:27 In the past three decades, the USA has seen an influx of over one million African immigrants. Like Africans from earlier diasporas and like immigrants from elsewhere, they have brought... click for more
Hasan Gure performs a Somali freedom song Duration 3:35 Hasan Gure is a musician, social worker, community scholar, and Somali immigrant dedicated to preserving Somali culture and traditions in the USA... click for more
Ghanaian durbar ceremony Duration 4:31 On July 5, 1997, Asanteman Kuo, a Ghanaian immigrant organization in the Washington, D.C., region, held a durbar (inaugural celebration) to install and honor their newly elected leaders... click for more
Music of the Maroons Duration 5:08 Maroons are Africans who escaped captivity and formed autonomous communities throughout the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries. Today, communities of Maroons survive... click for more
La Drivers Union Por Por Group demonstration Duration 5:26 The La Drivers Union Por Por Group is an organization of truck drivers in... click for more
La Drivers Union Por Por Group perform "M.V. Labadi" Duration 4:13 Por por (pronounced paaw paaw) is the name of honking, squeeze-bulb horn music which is unique to the La Drivers Union of Ghana, and which is principally performed at union drivers' funerals. Por por music is played... click for more
