50 Years of Hip-Hop: 7 Must-Listen Tracks Celebrating Our Rich Cultural Influence in Rap
On the evening of Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc attended a block party in the South Bronx.
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Navigating Empowerment: Unveiling Afrofuturism’s Journey in Hip-Hop for the Black Community
Ever since August 1973, hip-hop artists have turned to Afrofuturism – a mix of science fiction, politics, and liberating fantasy – to inform their lyrics and their look.
Uncovering the Unrecognized Linguistic Diversity within the Black Community: A Closer Look at Africa’s Multilingualism
Studies of African multilingual contexts are almost non-existent in high-impact scientific journals.
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the world
Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe.
Enslaved Africans came to the Americas with skills
Ron DeSantis has stated that Black people learned valuable skills as the result of their enslavement. His uninformed opinion also points to another fundamental oversight in the American discourse about slave
Cultural Significance of Some Timeless African Beads
From the northern reaches of Morocco to the southern tip of South Africa, and from the eastern coast of Kenya to the western shores of Senegal, beads have played a central role in the lives of many African communities. Each region boasts of its own distinct beadwork traditions, characterized by a unique combination of materials, colors, and designs.
Illuminating the Cosmos: Top 5 African American Physicists Who Shaped the Universe
In this exploration, we’ll unveil the stories of five African American physicists who have reshaped science and redefined what is possible for generations to come.
Embracing Our Ancestral Heritage: The International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C. Honors the Resilience of Enslaved Africans at Its Historic Docks
The museum’s mission is to honor the untold stories of the African American journey and, under its location and landscape design, pay reverence to the ground on which it sits.
Reviving Ancient Timekeeping: How Ancient Egyptians Pioneered the First Hour, Shaping Our Relationship with Time, and Its Significance to the Black Community
One of the most ancient written traditions, Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, gives us new insight into the origin of the hour.
Confronting Belgium’s Africa Museum’s Dark Colonial Past: Progress and the Journey Towards Healing in the Black Community
The Africa Museum in the Tervuren suburb is at the center of these debates in Belgium.