2.3: How Congo Square Survived

<p>We explore why Congo Square existed for so long, how it retained an African character, and how its memory survived beyond New Orleans. We also talk about Louisiana Creole and some surprising aspects of this near-extinct language.</p><p><br></p><p>LEARN MORE:</p><p><em>Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans </em>by Freddi Williams Evans</p><p><em>Congo Square in New Orleans </em>by Jerah Johnson</p><p>“A Window on Slave Culture: Dances at Congo Square in New Orleans, 1800-1862” by Gary A. Donaldson</p><p><em>The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square </em>by Ned Sublette</p><p><em>City of a Million Dreams: New Orleans at 300</em> by Jason Berry</p><p><em>The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans</em> by Lawrence N. Powell</p><p>“African Cultural Memory in New Orleans Music” by Jason Berry</p><p>“Deep Skin: Reconstructing Congo Square” by Joseph R. Roach</p><p>“New Orleans Music as a Circulatory System” by Matt Sakakeeny</p><p>“The Invention of a Memory: Congo Square and African Music in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” by Ted Widmer</p><p><em>Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War</em> by Dena J. Epstein</p><p>https://antigravitymagazine.com/feature/sacred-ground/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>SOUNDS:</p><p>French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri --https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0</p>