The Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival, as it was known at its inception, and now Pan-African Festival (PANAFEST), reconnects the diaspora with other Africans on the continent, promotes healing, and celebrates African culture through performances, discussions, and ceremonies.
Caregivers rarely ask for anything. They are the quiet ones, doing the school runs, checking in on aging parents, running errands, holding everyone together with threadbare strength. They are the ones people call in a crisis, and somehow, they always show up. But who shows up for them?
Today, Ankara is more than fabric, it represents resilience, creativity, and the beauty of cultural exchange, standing tall as one of the most recognized hallmarks of African fashion worldwide.
Thirty-six years have passed since Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing first scorched cinemas in summer 1989. As of July 2025, its Brooklyn heat, urgent questions, and kinetic color remain intensely relevant. From Oscar debates to TikTok discussions and block parties packed with old-timers and Gen Z, the film endures, not just as a landmark of American cinema but as an annual rite and point of national conversation.
Across Africa, there is a growing discontent among the younger generations who feel that not only are their leaders disconnected from the aspirations, and realities of the people whom they are elected to serve, but the same leaders also seem committed to brutalize as well as deny them their needs and rights to a quality standard of living.
A deeper conversation about Black Women’s Pain, Power, and the Fight for Bodily Freedom Adriana Smith never got to hold…
When you search “refugees” online, most headlines scream crisis boats capsized, borders closed, chaos unfolding. But here in Philadelphia, the real refugee story is unfolding in quieter ways; in corner shops, in community kitchens, in after-school tutoring programs, and in mothers walking their children to school.
Photos by Aidan Gallo Michelle Flamer, a retired lawyer, stands for a portrait at the Good Trouble Lives On protest…
Are you a lover of Black history looking to connect deeply with the legacy of a man who changed the world, or simply seeking fuel for modern-day activism? These books and movies will help you learn about his life, legacy, and continued dedication to humanity.
With Daily Dressings and Build The Table, Tiara Brown and her team are creating a platform where Black and Brown artists do not just survive, they succeed.
