PORTSMOUTH — A large crowd packed Chestnut Street on a Monday morning that brightened up for a Juneteenth ceremony at the African Burying Ground. “It’s important for my kids to be a part of a ...

PORTSMOUTH — It’s been 10 years since Portsmouth’s African Burying Ground Memorial Park became sacred ground, and this year the values it represents in the city’s soul may be more dear than ever.

PORTSMOUTH — Every inch of shade was valuable real estate during the annual Juneteenth ceremony Wednesday. The ceremony was held in 90-plus-degree weather at the African Burying Ground, where there’s ...

Governor Phil Scott is inviting members of the public to the annual State House Christmas tree lighting today, December 9.

HAMPTON — Under a red sun, seagulls’ calls and the scent of burning sage wafted past foamy waves breaking on the warm Buckroe Beach sand just after dawn Friday. Occasionally echoed by music from a ...

It is customary to be quiet when in a library. This was not the case however at the Dixon Public Library on Saturday. Master percussionist and native Nigerian Onye Onyemaechi hosted an interactive ...

Reviewed by Cecilia Durojaye in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 170-173 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. African Drumming: ...