Embracing the Crown! Looking for a style change for the summer? Braids should always be on top of your list! African hair braids and braiding styles are one of the oldest hairstyles in the world, which is a glowing part of the culture.…
Embracing the Crown! Looking for a style change for the summer? Braids should always be on top of your list! African hair braids and braiding styles are one of the oldest hairstyles in the world, which is a glowing part of the culture.…
Burna Boy, Siya Kolisi, William Ruto, Others Make TIME’s 2024 Most Influential List Nigerian music star Burna Boy and other influential figures of African descent like Kenyan President William Ruto, and South African rugby captain Siya Kolisi, have been named one of…
Platinum-selling artist Doja Cat hand-selected South African band ‘The Joy’ to headline alongside her during her Coachella performance. The Joy was not shy about representing a new approach to Zulu tradition that has sparked pride in their community. They accompanied her in…
Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess master, and coach, is set to make history with a 58-hour chess marathon in Times Square, New York City on April 17. Onakoya plans to play chess continuously for 58 hours without conceding a single game. His…
Kenya and Nigeria have decided to ban a batch of children’s cough syrup made by Johnson & Johnson under the Benylin Paediatric brand because it contains a dangerous substance called diethylene glycol. Benylin Children’s Cough Syrup is prescribed for the relief of…
Deniece Laurent-Mantey made history as the inaugural Executive Director of the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States.…
South Africa’s Electoral Court ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls. The decision paves the way for Zuma to run for president…
The banjo’s journey began not in the mountains of Appalachia but across the Atlantic, in Africa. Its ancestry traces back to a variety of African lute-like instruments, brought over by enslaved Africans to the Caribbean and the Americas. In this new world,…
President Biden’s Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States (PAC-ADE), will convene at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, on Monday, March 18, to discuss issues key topics on improving African in Diaspora programs. According a to press release from the…
Last year for Women’s History Month, I compiled an article “Honoring the Many ‘Firsts’ of African American Female Ambassadors.” The article included 14 female former ambassadors and was meant to be a work in progress to eventually include more of the approximately 55 African American women who have…