A day before the Ninth Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival took place at West Oakland’s Marston Campbell Park at 17th and West streets, the office of Alameda...
Celebrating African American legacy through food, music and art, Oakland’s Ninth Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival will be bigger and better at its new location at Marston...
“This festival brings our mission to life,” says Ravernell. “We want to highlight and preserve the cultural and spiritual traditions of African Americans and demonstrate how...
It has become common for African Americans to travel to Africa –especially Nigeria—for initiations and festivals marking the holy events and places that are part of...
In the way that life experience can be more circular than linear, so are certain incidents marking MacArthur “Genius” award-winner Walter Hood’s life right now. The...
Part 1 This Juneteenth is a poignant one for African Americans. Next month, as it has for the last 12 years, Omnira Institute will present its...