Exploring Black identity in Japan isn’t easy, especially when it comes to hair
It wasn’t until he moved to Tokyo for college that Michael Nakano began to experiment with his hair. Growing up…
Commentary: An honest telling of the Black experience includes the full sweep of facts
In his 1933 book, “The Miseducation of the Negro,” Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” argued that Black people and “every…
The African Diaspora gives meaning to vice president’s historic trip
Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic Africa trip to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia may be over, but the economic and cultural legacy will…
‘Historical and unexplored ties between Afro-South Asian communities need cultural attention’
Exploring the Afro-South Asia connection and the untold narratives of the Habshi rulers during the Sultanate period in Bengal, globally…
Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili People of the East African Coast
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its…
‘Equality is overdue’: Congressional Black women lead fight for ERA as 28th Amendment
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent Monday evening detailing how Black women have been vital in the fight to…
Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them
In the 1700s, a boy was born into slavery in Colonial America. He spent his life working in the coastal…