Today, English language learners at the Manchester Adult Learning Center in New Hampshire celebrated their year of study with a culture fair. I want to begin with a young father, a member of South Sudan’s Dinka tribe, who performed a traditional dance of the Dinkas at […]
“Don’t let anyone define you by what you’ve lived through,” Angelique Kidjo tells the sold out crowd in the Somerville Theatre in Massachusetts where I heard her sing in French, Swahili, Yoruba, English. She sang the song “Malaika.” The song hushed 1,000 people in the theatre. It tells the […]
South Sudanese musician OD wrote a song “A Girl from Juba” and produced a music video in honor of Viola in The Good Braider. This week he and film maker Fred Ben launched the video. Thank you OD and the cast of this original, wonderful creation. Soon I’ll […]