If you haven’t cued up web series I Of Africa created, executive-produced and hosted by Lagos-born renaissance woman Aina Fadina yet, you’re most definitely missing out.
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Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths
The photographs in the new book “Picturing Children” affirm that kids will be kids: They study. They play. They interact with family. But those lives are often overshadowed by prejudice and preconceptions.
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Mychal Denzel Smith Connects the Black Millennial Experience to the African-American Literary Tradition
Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching. A Young Black Man’s Education
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Infamous Mothers: A New Vision
Infamous Mothers presents its first installment in a series of coffee table books celebrating the stories of African-American mothers from Chicago who have gone on such journeys, bringing back extraordinary gifts.
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The Route Of Division
In Birmingham, Alabama, a public bus takes about a dozen housekeepers from their low-income, mostly black neighborhood to a wealthy white suburb. These are the only stops the city bus makes; these are virtually the only people who ride it.
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How Do I Connect With Kin of My Ancestor’s Slave Owners?
Tracing Your Roots: Questions about the family who enslaved a headline-making ancestor and how to connect with their descendants.
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Curly-centric Hair Salon Teaches Dominican Women to Love Their Pajón
Miss Rizos uses African and African-American hairstyles to affirm blackness in straight-hair-obsessed country.
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Selling The Blues
To draw tourists, the Mississippi Delta plays on its musical heritage
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Boarding School Graduate’s Search for Answers Leads to Washitaw ‘Nation,’ Jail
Kush Atum-Bey knew some complications were inevitable when he proclaimed himself a member of the Washitaw Mu’ur Nation, no longer subject to American law.
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One Of The Most Exciting Young African Artists Today, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga At October Gallery
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, a young African artist coming from the Democratic Republic of Kongo (DRC), draws influence from the cultural diversity, hybridity and complexity of his hometown Kinshasa.
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