Browsing: Africa

With polling underway in the US, the Black vote could prove decisive. Both Democrats and Republicans have tried to woo our brothers and sisters in America,…

With voting for the next US president underway today, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink shocked many by saying at a Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association conference…

What would be the main difference between a Harris-victory and a Trump-victory? According to Larry Fink, CEO of the world’s largest investment company Black Rock, the…

As millions of US citizens head to the polls to elect a new president, billions of people across the globe—including in Africa—will follow the elections closely…

In this clip from 1968, poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou shares valuable insights during one of her episodes of the series “Blacks, Blues,…

Timothy Grimes, better known by his stage name Wise Intelligent, shares valuable insights on how hip-hop shifted from having a positive impact on Black youth to…

Songwriters are to recording artists what shadows are to people, often unacknowledged in the background. Born in Brooklyn in 1931, Otis Blackwell was a prolific songwriter…

“I’m grateful that we were finally rescued, but the scars of that time are still with me,” is a harrowing sentiment from one of the Ghanaian…

In this viral video, we see Uber passenger Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, lunging forward and attacking driver Shohel Mahmud, 45, using pepper spray. The driver said he…

Halloween is a time for donning scary costumes, but some Canadians went overboard. After four people showed up wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white hoods, robes and…