The global entertainment industry is currently witnessing a significant pivot as African storytellers dismantle long-standing tropes through high-production animation and sophisticated literature.

As this week marks the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we reflect on a few fun facts and little-known trivia about the civil rights leader who inspired and empowered us with his words and actions.

PHILADELPHIA — On a Saturday afternoon at Penn’s Gutman College House, a group of Black boys is doing something radical. They are learning to hold a violin bow or read sheet music; preparing to sit in ...

Trade between humans, civilization, and nations has always existed for a long time even predating the invention of paper currency. Every economy around the world is driven by trade, whether localised ...

Literature offers profound insights into human resilience, identity, and social transformation. This post spotlights five influential Black female authors whose narratives transcend geography to ...

Imagine sitting in a packed theater, Accra, Atlanta, Nairobi, and realizing the most brilliant mind in the room looks just like you. A Black man, neither comic relief nor sidekick, but a hero of ...

Falcon in Tunisia photographed by El Golli Mohamed – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Tourism has remained a thriving market for Africa over the years with several African countries leveraging the opportunities ...

“Moonlighting to pick up extra money or pursue a passion is part of a time-honored practice” Black Americans are still pursuing side hustles, not as a trend but as a time-tested money-making need and ...

Recognized as one of the oldest countries in Africa and reputed to be the cradle of humanity due to the human fossils discovered in the country as well the famous Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), a ...

For many, death signals finality, the end to one’s sojourn in the world, and a period of grief for friends, families, and dear ones left behind to cling to the memory of what was, even as they take ...

In the United States’ intricate societal dynamic, comedy has long been a potent medium for confronting uncomfortable truths. African American comedians, specifically, have used humor as a form of ...

The first time I saw Do the Right Thing, when it was over, I didn’t speak for a while. I was trying to take it all in. It was a knockout – almost like being in a boxing ring. Sometimes it was brutal, ...