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As part of our Juneteenth special broadcast, we feature our interview with pioneering musical artist Rhiannon Giddens, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her opera Omar, about Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar in Africa who was sold into slavery in the 1800s.


This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Citations

[1] Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said | Democracy Now! ➤ http://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/19/rhiannon_giddens_omar_ibn_said