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Louisiana Acts, 1812, Organization of Creole Free Men of Color Militia

May 25, 2016 by Christophe Landry, Ph.D. | Comments are off for this post

The very first state legislative session in Louisiana passed this act in New Orleans on 27th July 1812. It formed the legal basis forRead More

Using diminutives of given names to identify ancestors

May 17, 2016 by Christophe Landry, Ph.D. | Comments are off for this post

iminutives are common to many world cultures. Louisiana’s Creole culture is by no means an exception. In fact, even in 2016, Louisiana CreolesRead More

“A Creole Song” de Lemon Nash: un pont entre les chansons créoles de Louisiane du dix-neuvième siècle et les chansons de jazz en créole ?

May 16, 2016 by Benoît LeBlanc | Comments are off for this post

Il existe un enregistrement qui date de 1960 d’une chanson en créole simplement intitulée A Creole Song. C’est Lemon Nash qui la chanteRead More

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