Benin bronze figures in The British Museum. By Joyofmuseums – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The vast halls of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris are hauntingly silent this spring. One prominent case, a ...

In February 2025, participants at the 38th African Union Summit, taking place in Addis Ababa, observed one of the most historical moments, as the African Union launched the African Union 2025 ...

The largest African American street festival in North America, ODUNDE Festival, is back, and it is celebrating 50 years this summer. With half a century of history, this event is far more than simply ...

They say all things seem possible in May. That just May be true. Now that Memorial Day, the unofficial kickoff of summer, is behind us, there’s much more that seems possible in the way of events ahead ...

Each May, the south of France transforms into a cinematic Mecca, drawing the world’s boldest filmmakers, critics, and storytellers to the Cannes Film Festival. This year, something significant ...

From the vibrant streets of Lagos to the ancient cities of Cairo and Marrakech, African literature has long been a powerful reflection of the continent’s diverse cultures and experiences. In recent ...

Image: Malcolm X at a welcoming event for African American Students Foundation in 1959. Public Domain Malcolm X at 100 matters because his life encapsulates a transformative arc from marginalization ...

In the years after the Civil War, African Americans turned struggle into opportunity, conducting business through the sale of paper sachets filled with scented herbs and wooden handcrafted from ...

“Moonlighting to pick up extra money or pursue a passion is part of a time-honored practice” Black Americans are still pursuing side hustles, not as a trend but as a time-tested money-making need and ...

In the early 1700s, Southern physicians labeled the enslaved desire for freedom “drapetomania” and pathologized Black humanity with “dysaesthesia aethiopica,” embedding pseudoscientific racism into ...

For centuries, mental illness has woven itself into the fabric of human history, prompting us to ponder why it continues to exist in our society. Evolutionary theory suggests that if these conditions ...

On April 30, 2015, UNESCO’s International Jazz Day rallied over 700 events in 185 nations, bringing together millions to celebrate the improvisational nature of jazz. As a distinctly African American ...