The Texas Historical Commission’s Real Places 2025
The Texas Historical Commission’s Real Places 2025 conference will take place both virtually and in person, in Austin, April 23–25.…
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Member Exclusive: Virtual Holiday Showcase
Don’t Miss the Members & Special Guest Holiday Virtual Showcase! 🎄 Join us on Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 7:00…
North Texas Giving Day 2024
This year, Texas Folklife is participating in North Texas Giving Day to raise $10,000 to support our Big Squeeze program, a cornerstone…
Preservation Traditions in the Somali Bantu Community
By Famo Musa. The Somali Bantu people were enslaved during the Arab Slave Trade from 1800 to 1890 and some even longer because of their farming abilities. Many of them fled and they were displaced and lived as refugees since 1991 because of the Somali Civil War and hunger.