Weaving a link between American history and the African folk art of basket making is the focus of a trio of exhibits at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. The largest of the three, “Grass Roots: African Origins of ...

Looping strips of palmetto fronds through coiled sweetgrass is slow poison. Squinting in concentration ruins the eyes, forcing a nail bone through the grass wrecks the hands and bending over the ...

Many of us became familiar with Gullah culture through director Julie Dash’s seminal 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust. The first feature film by a Black woman to get general theatrical release, ...

“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” a traveling exhibition that tells the story of the beautiful coiled basket, will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from ...

I love cooking simple meals that require only a few ingredients. During the summer months, fresh corn and tomatoes from our garden are regulars on the menu. Our pantry and kitchen are well stocked ...

Editor’s note: African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. Inside the ...

Q: I have a basket that was a gift. It's from Liberia and about 50 years old. It's coming unsewn. Where can I get it repaired? Washington A: The answer depends partly on what your goals are. If you ...

An advertisement that ran in Charleston newspapers announced the sale of a valuable agricultural commodity: Cotton and Rice Negroes. The auction was held at 11 a.m. at Ryan's Mart on Chalmers Street.

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. THEN SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED ...

Serekalem Alemu is crocheting a basket. Wearing a gray fleece jacket and a long gray skirt speckled with blue flowers, Alemu sits on a sofa on the second floor of a former warehouse in the industrial ...