#creoles — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #creoles, aggregated by home.social.
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80℅ des gens qui le parlent quotidiennement, 1℅ des élèves qui l'étudient à l'école...
L’#enseignement des langues #créoles fait une rentrée sans moyens ni élan
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/170826/l-enseignement-des-langues-creoles-fait-une-rentree-sans-moyens-ni-elan?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5 -
Over the decades, they established a foothold in business, the building trades and the arts, particularly music, w/significant contributions to the development of #jazz. They continue to be an important strand in the city’s famously #heterogeneous culture.
The revelation of the new #pope’s heritage is a tremendous moment for the history of #Louisiana #Creoles, said Lolita Villavasso Cherrie, a co-founder with Mr. Honora of The #Creole Genealogical & Historical Association.
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#Creoles, also known as “Creole people of color,” have a history almost as old as #Louisiana. While the word #Creole can refer to people of European descent who were born in the Americas, it commonly describes mixed-race people of color.
Many Louisiana Creoles were known in the 18th & 19th centuries as “gens de couleur libres,” or free people of color. Many were well educated, French-speaking & Roman Catholic.
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Foundations, my memoir/literary nonfiction novel is out! Available in paperback, epub and Kindle: #NZhistory #colonialism #familyhistory #creoles #Australianhistory #resistance https://books2read.com/u/mlLM27
