Oakland-based artist Reshawn Goods, also known as Bushmama, will host a hands-on workshop that connects present-day blue jeans to the skills of enslaved Africans at the...
BLACK MEN EVERYWHERE! is the explosive new one man play written, directed, and performed by Jinho “Piper” Ferreira. Set against the backdrop of a presidential election,...
Matthews used his legal training to serve the community, and to help those in need. He served as the director of The Brazilian Alliance from 2008...
“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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A public narrative persists in suggesting the current outbreak is linked to Africa, West Africa or Nigeria, noted a group of 29 biologists...
Esteban was born in West Africa and sold into slavery in a Portuguese town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, the chair of the House Committee on Energy...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — Textile Artist Oyenike Monica Okundaye, better known as Nike Okundaye, displayed the unique adire designs of the Yoruba Artform during a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The two-week-long observance included a Monday, August 19, visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture which was followed by a...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — ITADI is a Los Angeles-based organic skin care brand founded by entrepreneur Tabi Bonney.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One of the biggest thrills is the fact that we Afro Americans in the United States have so much in common with the...
FLORIDA COURIER — This milestone 400th anniversary year of the single incident that began the relationship for the next four centuries among Africans, English, and Native Americans.
(VOA News) – A panel of experts released its assessment Tuesday on the World Health Organization’s response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak. It said the...
(VOA News) – A panel of experts released its assessment Tuesday on the World Health Organization’s response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak. It said the...
LONDON (UPI) – With the right investment strategies, the emerging offshore oil prospects in West Africa could be the industry’s next big deal, an executive leader said....
(Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven industrial nations pledged on Monday to wipe out Ebola but offered little in terms of concrete action,...
BOUBACAR DIALLO, Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Relatives of Ebola victims are transporting their bodies on public transportation in Guinea, seating the corpses upright between...
BOUBACAR DIALLO, Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Relatives of Ebola victims are transporting their bodies on public transportation in Guinea, seating the corpses upright between...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Ebola has taken its greatest toll on babies. About 90 percent of children under age 1 who caught the virus...
The Nimely Pan Africa Dance Company presented a Black History Month Celebration Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Hannah Gallery in Marin City. About a hundred people...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a “new phase in the fight” against Ebola on Wednesday and said progress against the...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a “new phase in the fight” against Ebola on Wednesday and said progress against the...
National Nurses United have announced a donation of $40,000 to the disaster relief organization International Medical Corps, which is on the front lines of the Ebola...