New Voice Wins Prestigious Literary Prize With Story on Cultural Ownership A striking story about cultural possession, told from a museum curator’s viewpoint, has captured the annual 4thWrite award. During a Wednesday evening event in London, officials announced Piyumi Kapugeekiyana as the recipient of the prestigious honor for her work, The Original Is Not Here.…
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The Queen's Hidden Wars: Victoria's Secret Struggle with Fear and Violence Throughout her monumental time on the throne, Queen Victoria was targeted in at least seven separate assassination attempts. To the public, she was the picture of stoicism, an unshakeable monarch who faced down danger with regal calm. Yet behind the palace walls, her private…
The Threads of Survival: Wayuu Weavers Balance Heritage and a Global Market Sandra Aguilar stands on the sun-drenched promenade of Riohacha, a coastal city in Colombia’s far north. With every handwoven mochila bag she sells, she feels she imparts a fragment of her cultural inheritance. These intricate bags, once the exclusive property of the Wayuu…
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