Marcus Mosiah Garvey – The Universal Negro
THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO
Improvement Association And
African Communities League
The Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities L…
History
The Bahamas
THE HISTORY OFTHE ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS
The Bahamas has a rich multi-cultural history. It is made up of about 700 islands. The indigenous p…
The Legacy Of Octavius V. Catto
Within the past 18 months, there have been two tributes built to honor the late Octavius V. Catto; the 12′ tall statue on the south side of …
San Basilio de Palenque: A Little Africa in South America.
The young Palenquero tossed his blue afro pick into the middle of the muddy arroyo and disappeared under the water to retrieve it. He surfac…
Connecting Ghana and Jamaica
You are from Ghana? Our people came from there,” the old man said to me. I sat down on the ground next to him and a group of young men sitti…
Lincoln University
By Ayana JonesNestled on 422 acres and surrounded by lush farmland near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, is Linc…
Changing the Narratives About Africa Through Literature
By Nzeribe Okechukwu If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.- Chinua Achebe. Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche published on…
Black History Month – Jamaica’s Queen Nanny Of The Maroons
By Khadijah Yayefall NdiayeWhile we celebrate our Black History Every Month, it is time to pay homage to a powerful woman, Queen Nanny. The …
#WCW: Kechi Okwuchi
Have you heard about the courageous woman, Kechi Okwuchi? She is a Nigerian native who was one of two survivors of the 2005 Sosoliso Airline…
Odunde Festival Recap 2017
The annual Odunde Street Festival brought a genuine taste of Africa to South Street, one of Philadelphia’s oldest, historically African-Amer…