In 2018, Louisiana became the first U.S. state to join l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a global organization of more than 90 countries, governments and states united by French ...

The Department of French and Italian will add a Haitian Creole course taught by Lecturer Johnny Laforêt in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026. The new course follows interest in the language by students who ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (WAFB) - The unique language, music, and culture of Creole Louisiana is the focus of a museum in an area of Lafayette known as Freetown. Erica Fox is a musician and artist who helped ...

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Corey Ledet, lead singer in Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band, belts out lyrics to an old zydeco tune in Louisiana French while literally bending the accordion to his will and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Duolingo, the popular language-learning app, is adding Haitian ...

Ginette Derelus is a cook at Manjay Restaurant at The Citadel near Little Haiti, Miami. Duolingo partnered with Haitian restaurants to promote the new language course. Derelus, a Haitian-Bahamian, ...

IN AN airy first-floor study, Eldred Jones, who is 93, takes a break from his Braille Bible to talk about how he first left Sierra Leone to study at Oxford. Later he became principal of west Africa’s ...

Preserving the French Creole culture of southern Illinois, Indiana and Missouri has been a mission of educator and musician Dennis Stroughmatt. The fiddler and historian presents “French Creole Fiddle ...

When Télé-Louisiane was founded in 2018 as a multi-lingual media platform, the goal was to tell more of Louisiana's stories in French, Creole and the other languages that create the state's diverse ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —The origins of New Orleans’ most beloved organizations are storied. By the early 1900s, women from New Orleans’ Red Light District, 7th Ward Creoles of color along with women of ...