MIAMI, Florida, July 18, 2025 - On this sweltering Miami Friday, fifty souls are making a journey that will reverse particular currents of history. Not the brutal, involuntary crossing that their ancestors endured centuries ago, but a cultural pilgrimage carrying the preserved essence of “Global Africa” , a return of African heritage back to its motherland.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, By Curtis Myrie - July 18, 2025 - Departing South Florida on Friday, July 18, a team of fifty - 24 performers from the Jamaican Folk Revue and the...
In May 2024, the United Methodist Church (UMC) held its General Conference in North Carolina, USA, where a controversial vote was passed to end the ban on openly practicing homosexual...
KINGSTON, Jamaica April 14, 2025 - BY Verene Shepherd & Ahmed Reid. - On April 4, a film on anti-slavery activist, Chief Takyi, enslaved on Frontier sugar plantation in Jamaica’s...
TORONTO, Canada, March 18, 2025 - The ancient stones of St. James Cathedral reverberated with unexpected rhythms on Sunday as one of Toronto's oldest Anglican churches traded traditional hymns for...
African monarchies are important figures in their countries. In South Africa, many Zulu people are strongly tied to the royal family and indigenous laws of dispute resolution, including divorce. Polygamy...
Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th century? Or that...
Peter Delius, University of the Witwatersrand; Linell Chewins, University of the Witwatersrand, and Tim Forssman, University of Mpumalanga
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During the trans-Atlantic slave trade, millions of Africans were captured to provide free labour in North and South America and the Caribbean for over four and a half centuries. The...
The multi-Grammy award winner Roberta Flack has passed away at 88. Her approach and sound were a unique combination of soul, folk, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop and musicianship, and...
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It’s practised in at least 25 African countries, as well...