Africans in America rebrand the continent: Young people like New York-based Ghana native Sandra Appiah are working to battle negative and stereotypical portrayals of Africa that have nothing to do ...

On January 6, a day before the West African nation of Ghana changed leadership (President John Dramani Mahama lost the election to Nana Akufo-Addo), I was blessed to receive my Ghana citizenship along ...

Africans in America is a six-hour public television series that explores the paradox at the heart of our national narrative: a democracy based on the claim that all men were created equal, while using ...

The Trump administration is preparing to welcome the first group of white South African refugees to the United States as early as next week, according to three sources familiar with the matter. This ...

For 200 years — the 17th and 18th centuries — Africans came to America involuntarily and enslaved. Then fast forward to the 21st century. The news is sub-Saharan Africans are coming to America ...

It’s time we had an uncomfortable conversation. One we needed to have years ago but merely swept under the rug. Now, President Trump’s aggressive immigration policies are forcing our hand. There is a ...

The Declaration of Independence, I think, is one of the most remarkable documents in the world... 'Inalienable rights'... 'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'...'We hold these truths to be ...

Visit any region of the United States, and you'll find Black American cuisine with historic and multinational roots. Some dishes are so indelible to American culture that the contributions of African ...

Here’s some local, and rarely discussed Black history, for you. The man is Mathew Foggy, Sr., the “Jimmy Dean” of East St. Louis, IL. He was my grandparent’s neighbor, on Converse Avenue, in East ...

Critics argue that boycotting businesses owned by fellow Black people, regardless of origin, diverts energy and resources from the larger struggle against systemic racism and discrimination. An ...