AFRICAN DIASPORA

The world’s most renowned death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been granted the right of appeal after 30 years. Eddie Conway,...

W.E.B. Bois to Cornell West: Civic Leaders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (see stepping show video)

Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-American men, was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell...

Haiti Doesn’t Have a Vodou Problem,It Has a Christianity Problem

Taking a page out of the Gospel of Pat Robertson, Chibly Langlois, Haiti’s first Roman Catholic cardinal revealed the “big social problem” in Haiti: Vodou. He...

Watch Gaddafi apologize on behalf of Arabs for their cruel treatment of Africans during the Arab slave trade

Muammar al-Gaddafi left behind a mixed legacy. Serving as president of Libya from 1969 till his assassination in 2011, his time...

This 15-year-old self-taught engineer is making robots out of his bedroom in Senegal

Africa continues to add to its pool of groundbreaking technological innovations. The continent also boasts of amazing teens, who are...

Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death

A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK's death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. 'In some...

WorldViews MAP: The U.S. military currently has troops in these African countries

President Obama's announcement that United States has deployed 80 troops to Chad came as a surprise to many. But as...

U.S. DRINKING WATER WIDELY CONTAMINATED WITH ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’: ENVIRONMENT WATCHDOG

The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated with some of the...

Malawi Dreadlock Ruling: Shacking off Western Beauty Ideals

Being beautiful or civilized should not be about how closely we imitate our former colonial masters. The recent order made...

Africa’s Wealthiest Man, Dangote to Open New York Office