An African-American writer finds her roots in Bengal

By Sandip Roy New America Media In 1896, almost a century before Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala caused a stir by daring to show a romance

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One Book One New Orleans battles low literacy rates

By Travis Andrews The Louisiana Weekly New Orleans is binding together over literature. One Book One New Orleans, a pro­gram of the Youth Leadership Council

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Book about wealth-building strategies comes to ‘party with a purpose’
By Edmund W. Lewis, Editor The Louisiana Weekly, Editor Author and businesswoman Deborah Hardnett knows a little something about success. Malcolm X’s grandson decries biography on 86th birthday observation
By Nayaba Arinde (Special to New York Amster­dam News to New America Media) — Throwing a book at the book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm ... NOMA to present ‘Ancestors of Congo Square’
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will present “Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art” in the New Orleans Museum of Art on May 13 to July 17. In keeping ... A hodgepodge of musical notes
By Geraldine Wyckoff The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer A Love Letter to New Orleans If it seems as if Irvin Mayfield is omnipresent, that's because he just is. The trumpeter ...