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Melungeon Voices S1 E6 – Sonja Griffin Evans
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- updated:
- status: high-priority, to be worked
- Melungeon-specific
date:
7.31.2020
length:
17 min
presenter:
Melungeon Heritage Associationproducer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
guest:
Sonja Griffin Evans
description:
Internationally acclaimed Gullah/Geechee artist, speaker, and Pan African Culture Heritage Fellow, Sonja Griffin Evans, shares her beautiful and unique Gullah/Geechee heritage, and its influence on her artwork. She also discusses what inspires her, and how her cultural roots from the past impacts her work and messages it will send to future generations.
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