“The world’s largest Black group chat”: Behind the mission to preserve Black Twitter
A wild 2015 Twitter thread by Aziah Wells King, better known as Zola, about a trip to Florida wouldn’t have gone viral…
Black Music Action Coalition publishes its latest industry report card
US-based campaigning organization the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has published its latest ‘Music Industry Action Report Card’ (MIARC) as part of…
8 African Proverbs That Every Global Citizen Should Know
These nuggets of Africa’s wisdom should inspire the world’s action-takers and impact-makers. African history and culture is rooted in oral…
Pulitzer Prizes go to guests of theGrio’s ‘Writing Black’
Rhiannon Giddens, Robert Samuels, and Toluse Olorunnipa all earned Pulitzer Prizes this week — and all discuss their work and…
Canadian Star, Drake, Excited as DNA Shows He’s 30% Nigerian
Grammy-winning international singer, Aubrey Drake Graham, known as Drake, has stirred the emotions of Nigerians with a disclosure about his…
First African Singer set to perform solo at King’s coronation
South African Singer, Pretty Yende is set to perform at the coronation of Charles III on May 6, in front…
Jay-Z and Mom, Gloria, Celebrate 20 Years of Giving Back With 2023 Scholarship Fund
The Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF), founded by rapper turned business mogul Jay-Z and his philanthropist mother Gloria, has been…
Morgan Freeman: ‘Black History Month Is an Insult,’ and So Is the Term ‘African American’
In a rare new interview while promoting his performance in Zach Braff’s “A Good Person,” Morgan Freeman told The Sunday Times that he’s insulted…