Louisiana is a rich state of mixed-race people. Wendy A. Gaudin, a California native and descendant of Louisiana Creoles, ...

"I’d never heard the accordion in the blues before," said Mick Jagger upon hearing zydeco music for the first time.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary performer Clifton Chenier, ...

The Mo Siewcharran Prize-winning author talked to The Bookseller about his publication journey, his dual role as a writer and ...

The content creator educates more than 1.1 million followers on the ins and outs of Indo Trinidadian cuisine The post Stir ...

Less than 5% of the population of Guinea-Bissau speaks Portuguese, announced the Guinea-Bissau Minister of Education, Herry Mané, on Monday ...

The Rolling Stones are once again waving the flag of their musical forebears with a cover of Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune ...

Diasporas are made of vast constellations of countless people, fused together through memory, meaning – and music ...

News about Race and Ethnicity, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

For some, then, ethnic enclaves are “an intermediary space where immigrants and ethnic minorities are permitted to develop places of belonging while engaging with broader multicultural society,” as ...

In his reelection bid, President Donald Trump has revived themes of race and ethnicity as one of his campaign talking points. Americans must now decide how to respond. By Gretchen Frazee.

NPR stories on race and ethnicity and race's effects on politics, culture, society.