On 20 October, Alliance française de Lafayette (AFL) announced an introductory class in Kouri-Vini, Louisiana’s indigenous Creole language. Classes will take place atRead More
Not too long ago, Creole was an afterthought in Louisiana consciousness. It fell out of popular memory and recognition by World War I, as a large number of Louisiana Creoles abandoned their historic identity and culture for racialized Anglo-American identities (white and negro/colored/black) … Since around 2010, Creole is back in popular use and academic discourse, and not in the racialized way that many today often use the identity.
The Lafayette-based KATC news station opened a can of worms when it presented on Facebook a proposal and research of Dr. Rick Swanson, a professor at UL Lafayette. Swanson questioned the representativeness of the flag of Acadiana, adopted by the Louisiana Legislature in 1974.
