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…
Read More
Mandela Fellow: Anike Lawal
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) which bro…
Adekunle and His Golden Voice
By Nzeribe OkechukwuThere is something exceptional about Omoba Adekunle Kosoko, a.k.a Adekunle Gold, a recipient of the 2015 Afrima Awards f…
Palm Wine: The Drink For Every Occasion
By Nzeribe OkechukwuA drink of the gods, one would argue, and you would never be wrong. Palm wine is a must have for every occasion. In some…
Havette Interweaves Colors with a Touch of Africa
By Joseph Warkreh T-ToeLewinale Havette is a Liberian artist working and living in Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on exploring the scientific…
DiverseForce is UPPN’s Latest Brainchild
By Layla JonesThe Urban Philly Professional Network (UPPN) started as a party plug called UrbanPhilly.com. Its creator, Sulaiman Rahman, a P…
The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists Black Vigilance
By Layla JonesThe National Association of Black Journalists, now located in Washington, D.C., got its start in Philadelphia in 1973 by the f…
Mitnaul Leads National Society of Black Engineers
By Layla JonesStephen Mitnaul always knew he wanted to be an engineer. What else would a kid gifted in math and science aspire to? But it wa…
Tomas Varela and NExT Support Black Millennials
By Tomas Varela,President of NExT Philadelphia, sums up a dichotomy of being a civic-minded Black person in Philadelphia.“We have the burden…
NBMBAA Promotes Career Development
By Layla JonesOn May 17 in a dimly lit Old City lounge, some of the city’s finest Black professional organizations linked up for a quarterly…