In April 1975, Lois Fernandez leveraged a $100 gift from Philadelphia’s Southwest Center City Community, raised some neighborhood donations and started the Odunde Festival, a celebration that fosters ...

In a decade or two, Hamzat Koriko wants Grand Forks to be the at the center of African community. Koriko, the director of the African Arts Arena, a nonprofit organization that helps promote African ...

In a fashion landscape often dominated by global trends and Western silhouettes, South African designers are rewriting the narrative. One of the shining stars this year has been Isha Mboyisa, founder ...

These supernatural beings include both gods and goddesses and they always came with interesting tales. Here are five African goddesses with quite an interesting history. Queen Modjadji or the Rain ...