<p>Maiysha Kai chats with Grammy award winner singer Rhiannon Giddens about her new opera "Omar" about a African enslaved Muslim, what it took to transition from songwriting to developing an opera, her new children's book "Build a Home" which is based on her song of that she collaborated with Yo Yo Ma of the same title, how white people co-opted Folk music from Black people. </p>

Maiysha Kai chats with Grammy award winner singer Rhiannon Giddens about her new opera "Omar" about a African enslaved Muslim, what it took to transition from songwriting to developing an opera, her new children's book "Build a Home" which is based on her song of that she collaborated with Yo Yo Ma of the same title, how white people co-opted Folk music from Black people.

<p>Maiysha Kai chats with Grammy award winner singer Rhiannon Giddens about her new opera "Omar" about a African enslaved Muslim, what it took to transition from songwriting to developing an opera, her new children's book "Build a Home" which is based on her song of that she collaborated with Yo Yo Ma of the same title, how white people co-opted Folk music from Black people.&nbsp;</p>

Yes, Folk Music is Black Music

Writing Black is an entertaining and compelling podcast featuring Black writers and showcasing the myriad of ways Black people tell their stories by interviewing writers from across the diaspora. Each week, host Maiysha Kai, theGrio’s lifestyle editor, talks to some of the best Black playwrights, songwriters, comics, journalists, authors, and more about the process, popular culture, publishing, and how race inherently inspires and informs their work.

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