News

A special screening of the award-winning documentary "Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on ...
Evolution: 150,000-Year-Old Rainforest Discovery Shakes Up Human History. Published Feb 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST Updated Mar 02, 2025 at 2:02 PM EST. By . ... near West Africa's southern coast.
The new trail to Enloe Cemetery near Mingus Mill helps uncover the long-overlooked legacy of the Great Smoky Mountains’ Black ...
Sierra Leone's president is assuming the rotating leadership of the Economic Community of West African States. Under previous ...
Mariana Candido, An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World: Benguela and its Hinterland (Cambridge, 2013). Toby Green, A fistful of shells : West Africa from the rise of the slave trade to the ...
Explore the rich culture, history and diversity of West Africa, and learn about the impact and the role that these countries played in the transatlantic slave trade. September 4 – 17, 2025 ...
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey hosted a Juneteenth Bazaar and Show on Thursday at The Noyes Arts ...
NEARLY 800 YEARS AGO, Sundiata Keita founded the largest and greatest kingdom in West African history: the Mali Empire. At its height, around 1300, it stretched for some 2,000 kilometers west to ...
Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery. Traditions EndurePainted in the ...
He is a Nebraska native but has a lot of family in Togo, a country in West Africa. “Haven’t been to visit home as much, it reminds me of my family, the drums,” said Etse.
Kọ Café (pronounced “Koh”) is no stereotypical coffee shop. It’s a podcast studio, co-working and performance space, a hub of West African history, and a thriving Black-owned cultural ...