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Articles in Dec-Jan, 1997 issue of American Visions

• Conjuring grandmothers and earthquakes - includes two recipes, shrimp creole, and earthquake cake, for the holiday season - Brief Article
  by Donna Pierce
• Garnets, Diamonds and other Black jewels - the 1842 wedding certificate of an ancestor named Diamond signed by the abolitionist Bishop Henry Highland Garnet' led to a search for a Black family's roots - Genealogy
  by Katherine Butler Jones
• Ashley Bryan's world - prize-winning children's author, illustrator, puppet maker, and storyteller opens up Black culture for children - Interview
  by Donna Gold
• Amistad: sailing into history - controversial film based on the mutiny and US trial of kidnapped Africans aboard a slaver's ship
  by Bennie M. Currie
• South Africa: the Cape of Good Hope - tourism: includes related articles and contacts for travel to Eastern Cape province
  by Joanne Harris
• South Africa's rhythm - the popular music of South Africa is popular in the US also
  by Michael Gaitor
• A new take on an old kingdom: Black artists paint a different picture - Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966-1996, art exhibition; includes work of British artists of African descent - Cover Story
  by Henry Chase
• Recent & relevant children's books - Buyers Guide
  by Yolanda Robinson Coles
• Sooner or later: touring Black Oklahoma - includes a related article on Black Indians and the 'Five Civilized Tribes' - Travel
  by Henry Chase
• Breaking the ice: the Mabel Fairbanks story - includes information on three helping organizations for aspiring Black competitive skaters
  by Ronald A. Scheurer