The inspiration for the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" came in 1900, when young men based in Jacksonville, Florida, planned to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday. (Read more...)
Ekow Nimako perceives himself as a "futurist" who blends Africanfuturism, Afrofuturism and Afrofantasy. (Read more...)
Black Coffee won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for his 7th studio record "Subconsciously". He is the first African to ever win this category. (Read more...)
Unknown to the general public until now, Mbougar Sarr has just written his name in gold letters in the pantheon of world literature by winning the Goncourt Prize 2021. (Read more...)
Nnedi coined the term "Africanfuturism" from "Afrofuturism" to showcase Africa’s unique cultural heritage. (Read more...)
Historian, anthropologist, chemist and politician, Cheikh Anta Diop was a multidimensional man. (Read more...)
Oda Nobunaga breached the Japanese culture of no bestowal of the rank of Samurai to a foreigner and bestowed the honourable position to Yasuke Kurusan. (Read more...)
At 14, Touré found himself begging and sleeping on the streets, after having run away from the Koranic school for abuse. (Read more...)
Amanda's poetry and writings focus on feminism, marginalization, race, oppression, and the Africa diaspora. (Read more...)
André Leon Talley is the first African-American creative director of the famous fashion magazine "Vogue". (Read more...)