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Thousands of colourfully costumed minstrels paraded through Cape Town Saturday in an exuberant century-old carnival rooted in the South African city's history of slavery that drew large crowds of ...

This film explores European life from 1200 to 1500, highlighting the significance of art in documenting this era. It discusses the three main institutions of medieval Europe: the Church, the Emperors, ...

Romantic images of the South have fired the imaginations of songwriters since at least the 1830s, when black-face minstrels began exploiting Southern musical forms and cultural symbols.

Waits were civic minstrels, sometimes known as the Mayor's minstrels, who were employed by many towns in England from the 15th century. The term 'Wait' is thought to have come originally from the ...

During a successful run that included a ten-year stint on Broadway, Christy's Original Virginia Minstrels made E. P. Christy a famous — and a wealthy — man. Still, his life ended in tragedy.

Sarah Walker uncovers the forgotten story of the Wandering Minstrels, an orchestra of aristocrats who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1871. Images courtesy of the British ...