Tunisia ‘expels hundreds’ of Black Africans to Libya border
Tunisian security forces have expelled hundreds of Black African people from Sfax to the border region with Libya, according to rights groups,…
Saudi Pro League: How Africans have long led the attack in new football hotspot
Last month, Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy became the latest high-profile footballers to move to Saudi Arabia,…
Belgium’s AfricaMuseum Has a Dark Colonial Past – It’s Making Slow Progress in Confronting This History [analysis]
Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as…
Celebrate Black independence with Afrobeats, the genre that unites the diaspora
As America celebrates its independence, learn how the resounding rhythms of Afrobeats continue to connect Black people worldwide. In pulsating…
Kiswahili: how a standard version of the east African language was formed – and spread across the world
Kiswahili originated in east Africa, spreading around the continent and the globe. It’s been adopted as a working language at the African…
Black people will not truly be free until we have reparations
There will never be true liberation for African Americans until there are reparations. The wounds of the past must be…
Black artists and experts issue new warnings about A.I.’s bias against Black people
As new concerns about A.I. algorithms emerge, A.I. companies pledge to course-correct and increase the diversity of their tools. As…
Comic Republic Signs Deal with Universal Studios to Bring African Superheroes to the Screen
Growing up, Jide Martin consumed a lot of Western media and comics. Like young consumers across the continent, however, he grew increasingly…