A special screening of the award-winning documentary "Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on ...

Under previous chairman, Bola Tinubu, the West African economic bloc faced the greatest challenges of its 50-year history.

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 ...

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.

Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process, spread by Muslim traders and scholars. The early journeys across the Sahara were done in stages. Goods passed through chains of ...

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 ...

The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey hosted a Juneteenth Bazaar and Show on Thursday at The Noyes Arts ...

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 ...