Corrected the #Wikipedia entry for Louisiana French #accordion pioneer Amédè Ardoin 🪗 to say he was Black #Creole rather than Cajun
Nobody had edited that page in years. But within a few hours somebody had gone and made him an “American” musician. With no mention of race or culture or division
Which may be better than mischaracterizing him. But I’m not sure if de-racializing people is the way forward 😞
It’s not my neighborhood so maybe I’ll let others go at it on there
Wikipedia has Black Creole accordionist Amédé Ardoin listed as a “Cajun accordionist” 😖
Buckwheat Zydeco had it written into his contracts that he’d get paid in full and not have to perform if any press materials referred to him or his music as “Cajun” anything
He was militant about defending his Creole identity
🆕 Raquel Ribeiro was one of the people involved in the development of the bilingual audiovisual platform Creole Connections / Conexiones Creoles, launched during the Festival Internacional de Cine Comunitario Afro (FICCA) KUNTA KINTE (Medellín, Colombia).
Happy Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) to Dominicans and St. Lucians everywhere! 🇩🇲 🇱🇨
Since 1984, Jounen Kwéyòl has been celebrated on the last Friday of October in Dominica, and the last Sunday of October in St. Lucia. Moreover, October is Creole Heritage Month in St. Lucia.
Filís dia dumingu! Pa nu papia di Kriolu Kabuverdianu o simplismenti Kriolu. Ami, n gósta es lingua txeu ma n ka pode fla-l ben. Ten txeu palavras Portugézas ma tanbé ten influensia di linguas d'Afrika Oesti, specialimenti na sel gramatika. Oxi ten minor milion papiador na tudu mundu. Kriolu é mutu importanti pa tradison i musika. Ke-Li é un vídiu di Batuku musika i badju. Ntroduson ka é sérta sobri ki skrávas fujidas kunsaba-l ma réstu é veru.
Happy #Sunday! Let's talk about Cape Verdean #Creole or simply Creole. Me, I like this #language a lot, but I can't speak it well. There are many Portuguese words, but there are also influences from West African languages, especially in its grammar. Today there are fewer than a million speakers worldwide. Creole is very important for customs and #music. This is a video of Batuku music and #dance. The introduction is not correct that escaped slaves began it, but the rest is right. (more in reply) #ethnomusicology#culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88vImnskT7s
"Jusqu'au jour où Dieu daignera dévoiler l'avenir à l'homme, toute la sagesse humaine sera dans ces deux mots :
« Attendre et espérer ! »"
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, 1844
Alexandre Dumas was born #OTD in 1802. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte of Bragelonne. via @wikipedia
One notable fact is that he was the grandson of a #Black#slave in the colony which is present-day #Haiti, his father was the general Dumas of the #French revolutionary army.
And of course, his books are wonderful adventure books.
Over 70,000 Haitian citizens have presented at a U.S. port of entry since October 2022, making #Creole a critical language. Even after complaints from our team, alongside @HaitianBridge
and dozens of other activists, the app is still not properly translated into Creole.
Welcome to the Cruel World is a classy album. But 1 song sort of doesn't quite slot alongside the rest & I love it for doing it's own thing on the album.
A Pig's Tale - dir Leah Gordon (52 min) - amazing film about the eradication of indigenous Haitian pigs and a Vodou priest trying to find one. (vimeo.com)
The Pig's Tail: "A piggyback ride of a documentary linking Haitian pigs, Vodou and US economic imperialism."...