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Festival Celebrates Greensboro Refugee Communities

吉彩网网站 | By Isaac-Davy Aronson,

Frank Stasio

Published June 6, 2013 at 10:54 AM EDT

Ndabarushimana Christopher is a musician and refugee from Burundi who now calls Greensboro his home.

Now in its fourth year, the celebrates the diversity and cultures of the Triad, attracting thousands of attendees. Host Frank Stasio talks with Sarah Ivory, director of the , which organizes the festival. Plus, the band Wareware featuring Ndabarushimana Christopher, a Greensboro musician and refugee from Burundi, performs live at Triad Stage.

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Isaac-Davy Aronson

Isaac-Davy Aronson is 吉彩网网站's morning news producer and can frequently be heard on air as a host and reporter. He came to North Carolina in 2011, after several years as a host at New York Public Radio in New York City. He's been a producer, newscaster and host at Air America Radio, New York Times Radio, and Newsweek on Air.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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