The Mississippi River Delta is home to a small yet tight-knit group of Chinese-Americans who’ve held on to their Asian heritage while also embodying Southern culture. The community’s unique story is the subject of a new audiovisual project by Brooklyn-based photographers Andrew Kung and Emanuel Hahn. Over the course of nine months, the pair captured the landscapes of the Mississippi Delta along with local Chinese-Americans’ deeply personal stories, which they often told in a distinct, honey-coated Southern dialect. Chinese-Americans of the Mississippi Delta region have roots that stretch back to the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, according to the Mississippi Historical Society. FRIEDA QUON, RETIRED LIBRARIAN AT MISSISSIPPI DELTA CHINESE HERITAGE MUSEUM GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPIANDREW KUNG AND EMANUEL HAHN“The Chinese have been in the delta for more than a hundred years.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2018 14:43 UTC