The Sudanese model Alek Wek appeared on the November 1997 cover of the U.S. edition of Elle magazine, in a photograph by French creative director Gilles Bensimon.It was, as is so often the case in ...

The DIA’s collection of African American art includes approximately 700 works by noted artists Robert Seldon Duncanson, Richmond Barthe, Elizabeth Catlett, Edward Clark, Mavis Pusey, and more.

A painting by South African artist Marlene Dumas has sold for R245 million at auction, setting a new record for a living female artist. Marlene Dumas’ 1997 painting “Miss January” recently ...

As a sociolinguist, King studies African American English, or AAE, a dialect spoken by Black Americans across the country. According to King, the clearest distinctions between AAE and standardized ...

Since 1950, the Barristers Association of Philadelphia has championed the advancement of African American lawyers in the city. The group has also recognized excellence amongst its 1,000 members ...

POTÉ, Brazil — Elioni Gonçalves awoke with a feeling of dread. Her first thought was of her 2-year-old daughter, Manu. Manu is American. She was born Emanuelly Borges Santos in a Fort ...

Harvard University has agreed to turn over 175-year-old photographs of enslaved people to a museum in South Carolina, ending a yearslong battle led by a woman who says the images include her ...

Prior to 1870, records rarely noted names of enslaved and formerly-enslaved people—this database is pooling resources to render a more complete picture.

He thus becomes the 9th president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Chad’s Mahamat Abbas Tolli was the first to be eliminated, taking just 0.88% of the vote, followed by South Africa’s Swazi ...

Tears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her mother. 29 May 2025. Share Save. Khanyisile Ngcobo. BBC News, Johannesburg. Share Save. Gallo Images via Getty Images.

Eliza Karaza, a Syrian-American artist, impulsively moved from Chicago to Mumbai at 19 to teach art. Despite initial challenges like language barriers and cultural differences, she embraced the ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail and exile. His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily ...