https://www.npr.org/2023/07/12/1187371408/pierre-kwenders-sings-about-love-in-all-of-his-languages

Pierre Kwenders sings about love — in all of his languages

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186407223/50-years-ago-teenagers-partied-in-the-bronx-and-gave-rise-to-hip-hop

50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop

Master kora player Yacouba Sissoko devotes his musical gift to expand the awareness of West African history and culture, spread the word of peace, and empower his listeners to take charge and realize their imagined futures. His performances have a magical effect on audiences as he skillfully transforms traditional songs and stories that he learned from his forefathers into modern day messages of peace, love, and harmony.

https://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/biography

Based in Alexandria, VA, Yasmin Williams is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and film composer. She has an unorthodox, modern style of guitar playing and utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping in her music to great effect. Her “radiant sound and adventitious origins have made her a key figure in a diverse dawn for the solo guitar” (The New York Times). Williams’s music has been described as rich, harmonious, and “in a lot of ways, the joy and possibility she brings to the guitar reminds me more of Eddie Van Halen than any of the other fingerstyle guitarists to whom she’s compared” (NPR Music).

https://www.samuelnalangira.com/

A native of Uganda, East Africa; Samuel Nalangira is a folk/world musician, dancer and choreographer who has been performing since his childhood and detaching since the age of 15. He has toured across Europe, United States, Canada, and Asia performing and leading workshops in schools, universities, festivals and community centers.

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International African American Museum: To honor the untold stories
of the african american journey at one of our country’s most sacred sites.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/08/1186387526/cheryl-dunye-the-watermelon-woman

Some advice from filmmaker Cheryl Dunye: ‘Keep putting yourself out where you belong’

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/26/1131062975/when-a-regional-theater-got-millions-to-remake-itself-it-focused-on-racial-heali

When a regional theater got millions to remake itself, it focused on racial healing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Andrews

Starr Andrews (born June 23, 2001) is an American figure skater.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Bumbry

Grace Melzia Bumbry (January 4, 1937 – May 7, 2023) was an American opera singer, considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, who also ventured to soprano roles.