February is Black History Month. Recognized nationally by President Gerald Ford in 1976, the holiday commemorates the accomplishments and contributions of the Black community in the United States.

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature SFAL will feature over 37 celebrated Emirati and African authors ...

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature (SFAL) is set to shine light on the extraordinary breadth of African ...

After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own ...

Talented local artist and cartoonist Ajuan Mance recently published "Gender Studies: True Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Today marks the 133rd anniversary of novelist Zora Neale Hurston's birth. Zora Neale Hurston was an author, ...

Catch the opening of two powerful plays, 'The Laramie Project' and 'Fences,' or groove to Firewater Tent Revival at the ...

Piedmont Arts will host a talk by poet TJ Anderson III and an African American Read-in and Family Day in celebration of Black ...

Clark University professor Daniel Black’s latest novel is a tender coming-of-age story about growing up Black and queer and ultimately wringing some grace from a harsh upbringing. “Isaac’s Song” will ...

To be The Dispatch’s entertainment and things-to-do editor means to be immersed in pop culture. From music and movies to ...

Letters and photos, diaries and documents stashed in bankers boxes or file cabinets or kitchen drawers turned to ash in the ...

What was it like to work on the exhibit "African/American: Making the Nation's Table ... I've got two other books in the pike to follow after that. My retirement renaissance keeps being as ...