Howcast - Learn about musicians Michael Markus, Hasan Bakr, M'bemba Bangoura, and Famaro Dioubate of Wula Drum in this Howcast video.

The Junkanoo parade starts on Boxing Day (December 26th) in the Bahamas. The colorful festival celebrates life and freedom and is thought to be named after John Canoe, a West African prince who was enslaved in the Bahamas. Learn more...

Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician (drums, other percussive instruments, and piano), who was born on the island of Jamaica and grew up in the Bronx, New York, where he attended...

Once upon a time, African nations fought each other, as nations tend to do throughout history. After a victory, an African nation would often enslave many of the enemies it had captured. Most of these enslaved Africans, from various...

Michael Jackson's tour took him to the west coast of Africa in 1992, where he was warmly received by the locals. He was so beloved that a remote village on the Ivory Coast decided to crown him king.



The tribal chief crowned...

New ReviewIn an era long before phones, radios, telegraphs, or even writing systems, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa had already mastered one of history's quickest and most effective long distance communication systems.