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Education Through Celebration!
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The North Carolina Rice Festival's 2023
“African Ancestry Identity Experience”
YOU'RE INVITED!!
Participate in Our Ancestry Reveal Event: March 2, 2023
The North Carolina Rice Festival & African Ancestry invite members of the Brunswick County Community and surrounding locales to participate in one of the North Carolina Rice Festival’s premiere programs—one that seeks to trace the ancestry of African American residents of Brunswick County, North Carolina, back to the west coast of Africa and beyond, particularly to the rice-growing regions of that vast continent
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SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICING FOR
AFRICAN ANCESTRY DNA TEST KITS!
APPLICATIONS DUE NOVEMBER 4, 2022
“We each carry in our DNA unique markers that tell a profound story about where we come from and highlight our connections to present-day Africa.”
—Dr. Gina Paige, AfricanAncestry.com
Please join us in this groundbreaking program!
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The Rice Coast of West Africa
Rice Harvesting in North Carolina
Brunswick County was one of the top rice-growing areas during the period of African enslavement in America, and we are hoping that your participation in this program will help provide clear genetic evidence of that ancestral connection.
What's an "Ancestry Reveal"?
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