Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter ...

African artists celebrate their history and culture in “Black History Month Exhibition.” The exhibit featured African artwork and artifacts, as well as two performance groups.

Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) that she hid her pain because everyone around her ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass on the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters. In Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic exhortation ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Imani Poole’s connection to African culture and dance started before she could even remember. “My father was probably celebrating it before I was even born,” Poole said. Her ...

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In 2020, the U.S. government estimated that nearly nine million citizens live abroad, and of that, nearly 700,000 are Black Americans. Even before James Baldwin and Josephine Baker fled to France, ...

(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance. (RNS) — In her early teens and early 20s, Halo Seronko struggled with ...

On Nov. 23, 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state. She guided her nation through recovery after its exit ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Coming up on Here and Now, we introduce you to a groundbreaking author who is defying the odds both on and off the field. As a professional football player, the first African ...

This is the story of Roar Africa. New York City and Cape Town-based Deborah Calmeyer is the founder and CEO of the ultra-luxe experiential travel company Roar Africa. A respected specialist in the ...

The 16 nations that will participate in the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, a qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup, are now known. The 16 nations that will participate in the 2026 Women's ...