South African poetry, rich with history, has long been an underappreciated cornerstone of the country's cultural landscape. But a new free-to-access digital archive is helping change that.Focused on ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

The Main Street Players will perform "Four Old Broads," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1, and at 3 p.m.

Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...

Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...

Black influence on the arts was the theme of the New Orleans Public Library's art contest in 2023. Shown here, second line ...

Gardner, of Alna, will discuss her upcoming book, 'The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery.' ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect.

These books are opportunities to reflect on the beauty of everyday life and the natural world, and include lighter reads and ...

Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town School of Folk Music Banjo Exhibition ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, ...