THE Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) welcomes the renewal of the International Decade for People of African Descent by the United Nations (UN) for a second term (2025–2034). Noting that this ...

In June 2020, Seymour purchased a DNA ancestry kit in Quebec. By September, the results were in: “With a mix of excitement and emotion, I learned I am 92% African. My ancestors come from Nigeria ...

Throughout her life, she maintained a library of her ancestors’ narratives from the last century inside her head, kept fresh through repetition. PEOPLE Picks the Best Books by Black Authors to ...

Some of the most well known of these tribes include the Berber, the Hausa and the Yoruba. The Berbers are native to Northern Africa and are descended from pre-Arab people, whereas the Hausa are ...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

(7News) — Inside the Afro-American Historical ... White added, “Well, let’s say my family goes back into Fauquier back into the 1700s and I’m descended from free people of color, enslaved ...

As we look to 2050, when we’ll need to feed two billion more people, the question ... popularized the image of our early ancestors hunting meat to survive on the African savanna.

8News is honoring Black History Month this February and reporter Sierra Krug took us center stage to meet the dancers with Virginia’s premiere West African dance group — Ezibu Muntu.

Trump suggests land justice in South Africa is a threat, but many US land seizures are all necessary and just.