The culture of El Salvador, Argentina and Brazil's quilombola communities are focus of separate events over the weekend.

Capoeira, which fuses martial arts, dance, music, acrobatics, and philosophy, was developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil as ...

The same sly spirit of rebellion permeates Gomes’s sculptures, which range from bulbous pendulums that dangle from the ...

On Easter Sunday, the soul of Lagos Island stirred to life. The Fanti Carnival surged through its storied streets like a river of memory and music—drums pounding like ancestral heartbeats, dancers ...

Curated by Danny Dunson, the DuSable Black History Museum exhibition will showcase Nazareno's unique art which merges ...

Lagos Island came alive on Easter Sunday as the Fanti Carnival made its much-anticipated return, rekindling the vibrant Afro-Brazilian heritage that has long been a cornerstone of the city’s cultural ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...

On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, the Lagos Fanti Carnival returns, bringing the streets of Lagos to life with a vibrant celebration of Afro-Brazilian heritage and the unique culture of Lagos Island.

Seven people accompanied the president up the ramp of the presidential palace: an Indigenous leader, a metalworker, a teacher, a cook, a child, a person living with a disability, and an Afro-Brazilian ...

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain related to a wound sustained when he was stabbed on the campaign trail seven years ago. The source of the pain ...

Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum held a crucial engagement with Nigeria’s top military leadership in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting, which was held separately behind closed doors with ...

Chinese soybean crushers scooped up an unusually large amount of Brazilian beans this week as the escalating trade war makes purchases of US crops unviable. Importers bought at least 40 cargoes ...