The new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature i s a prolific, best-selling author of children's books who hopes to use his two-year term to promote the wonders of picture stories. Mac ...

No matter what transpires at the Grammy Awards, Nigeria has already secured the ultimate victory: cultural sovereignty. By ...

One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

Vuyo Ginindza has always felt pride in being Swati and from Africa. So when he moved to Canada and first heard himself ...

There is often the risk of getting carried away by the eloquence of the Reverend (Dr.) Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), the ...

Do you sometimes wake up with a jolt from a dream in which you’re falling? According to sleep therapist Merijn van de Laar, ...

Pasadena will honor Black History Month in February with a month-long series of events highlighting the significant ...

Given his standing as the most refined historian of the time, it was unsurprising that Ogot was headhunted from the ...

Last year, local instrumentalist//composer Robin Blake, who performs and records as Hyperius Blake, hosted a tribute to the late MF Doom at Crobar. A catalyst for the local music scene, Blake ...

Feb. 2: "The Cher Show" in Del., Art Battle in Philly and South Jersey Pops are among weekend event highlights.

The Chattanooga-based folk musician moved to the U.S. from his home country Liberia in the '90s during the country's civil ...