The seven-day holiday is meant to instill pride in African culture and heritage In the 60s, after the Watts riots decimated the Black community in Los Angeles, Ron Karenga, a leader in the Black Power ...

As Black History Month is celebrated in February, one small storefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is telling a much bigger ...

Djeneba Sako moved to the U.S. from Mali, West Africa, more than 20 years ago to share her passion for African dance. DENVER — If you follow the sound of drums from the unassuming corner of Bayaud ...

I’ve written about and performed the well-known and beloved African-American wedding ritual of ‘jumping the broom.’ Just to recap, it comes from the time when slaves, who were not allowed to marry, ...

One of the first human cultural activities, apart from graphic ones, is storytelling. Whether it's the tale of a day in the fields or the mythical exploits of a hero condemned by the gods, ...

West African cuisine has become all the rage in America, so we're taking a deep dive into one of it's spiciest staple ...

WISCONSIN— The seven-day celebration of Kwanzaa kicks off today, Dec. 26 and will run through the new year, Jan. 1. The holiday celebrates family, culture and community. It was founded in 1966 by a ...

Africa is home to most of the world’s poverty. Why? Mr Studwell argues that it is partly a result of “low-budget colonialism ...