Kouri-Vini emerged in early French Louisiana (1699-1762), and matured as a stable, widely spoken, native language by the Spanish period (1762-1803). Extant recordsRead More
Alliance française de Lafayette Announces Kouri-Vini Classes
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
Creole originally meant …
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.
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