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The Revolutionary Will Be Recognized

The Revolutionary Will Be Recognized

Author and professor Peniel Joseph, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, offers a more authentic and accurate recollection of our slain brother, Martin. LISTEN HERE. | Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary - WDET 101.9 FMEven Malcolm X misunderstood what King meant by non-violence

The New Deputy Director

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The New Deputy Director

Congratulations to Michelle Commander, the new Deputy Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. | From the NMAAHC / The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced the selection of its deputy director, Michelle Commander. Commander brings a plethora of experience, leadership

The Big Payback

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The Big Payback

From Co-Directors Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow, the Documentary Follows Alderman Robin Rue Simmons' Fight to Pass the First Government-Funded Reparations Program in Evanston, Illinois, Alongside Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee as She Leads a National Movement To Pass HR 40. |

Phase One Complete

Phase One Complete

The New African Centres for Disease Control emerges in Addis Ababa. | From Africa CDC / "Africa CDC strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, based on data-driven interventions and programmes.

A Brush with History

A Brush with History

Artist George McCalman's recently released book paints history in new light. | From Emily Hofstaedter via Mother Jones / "It is fitting that I interview illustrator and designer George McCalman on All Saints’ Day. When I flip through his new book, Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and Unseen,

The King Lecture in Social Justice

The King Lecture in Social Justice

Hybrid Event: January 25, 2023 | From the University of Pennsylvania / Penn's Center for Africana Studies presents its MLK Jr. Lecture in Social Justice featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Hannah-Jones has spent her

Fashion Forward. And Backwards.

Fashion Forward. And Backwards.

An A.I. generated fashion show from Malik Afegbua celebrates both elders and artistry. We're here for it - wherever here may be - and for everything else this artineer is doing. | From Ebony Flake via ESSENCE / "Last month, Malik Afegbua staged his first runway show—a

Gazing in Dubai

Gazing in Dubai

Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh's work will be on display at the Efie Gallery in Dubai. | From Harriet Lloyd-Smith via Wallpaper / "Aïda Muluneh has long been turning the global perception of Africa on its head. The Ethiopian photographer’s instantly identifiable visual language is a striking blend of

The Black Foodie Bookstore

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The Black Foodie Bookstore

This is what we're talking about. | From Kayla Stewart via bon appetit / Sisters Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport created and have operated this delicious dreamworld in Brooklyn since 2021. The bookstore stocks cookbooks by Black chefs as well as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books that are related

Still Number One. Percent.

Still Number One. Percent.

African-American founders continue to receive venture capital scraps. From Dominic-Madori Davis via TechCrunch / "The latest Crunchbase data shows that Black startup founders in the United States raised around $264 million out of the total $33.6 billion in venture capital allocated in Q4 2022. That’s an uptick from

Not What It Seems?

Not What It Seems?

Understanding the African startup scene requires going beyond the numbers. | From Samuel Gebre via Bloomberg / "African startups raised a record $5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry reduces the funding pool. While investment in 2022 exceeded

Setting the Table

Setting the Table

Participate in this online special event from Black Perspectives, starting January 9, 2023. | From Black Perspectives / "Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for

Storybook Beginnings

Storybook Beginnings

Squid Magazine co-founder, Kofi Sydney Asare, identifies some great tales and games for us to look forward to... | From Squid Magazine / "2023 is shaping up to be an amazing year for African creative projects! In the face of challenges like the global economic downturn last year, and spurred on

A 2023 Reading List

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A 2023 Reading List

Our fellow African Book Addict gives us some great titles to anticpate. From Darkowaa at African Book Addict / "I’ve compiled 102 new African, African-American, Black-Brit and Caribbean books that look very promising. Please note – this list/collage is just a snippet of books by Black authors 2023 has

"Reputable" Africans

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"Reputable" Africans

The list from RPI includes Kenya’s Amina Chawahir Mohamed, South Africa’s Bonang Mohale, Chancellor at the University of the Free State and Professor at Johannesburg Business School, and Cameroon’s Njoya Tikum, Manager of the UNDP Regional Office in West and Central Africa. | From Reputation Poll / 50 Most

Keeping the Flame

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Keeping the Flame

Event: February 11, 2023 | From the Museum of the African Diaspora / "After his inaugural seven-year tenure as MoAD’s Chef-in-Residence, James Beard award winning chef and author Bryant Terry is passing the torch to his longtime colleague and collaborator Jocelyn Jackson. They worked on the first Diaspora Dinner together

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Books of Art

The vanguard at Culture Type has identified the 18 best art books of 2022. | From the eminent Victoria Valentine /

Ajami Remains

The long used African writing system continues to more fully come to light. | From Molly Callahan via The Brink at Boston University / "What (Fallou) Ngom realized—slowly, and then with a bang—is that his father’s notes were just the beginning. He had proof that a centuries-old writing

A Historical Landmark

A Historical Landmark

Hakim's Bookstore in Philadelphia is being honored as an offiicial Philly landmark. As it should be. | From Victoria Woodill via CBS Philadelphia / In just a few weeks, the small storefront that houses hundreds of works by African American authors will receive a big honor. It will soon be

Just Build It

Artist Kehinde Wiley is doing things, and now also building things. | From Julian Lucas via The New Yorker / In May, Wiley made his début in Dakar as a global patron of the arts. His Pan-African Xanadu, Black Rock Senegal, had opened three years earlier, with an all-night party where musicians

What to Read

Open Country Mag offers their take on the year's best books from African writers. | About Open Country Mag / "From culture icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to transformational artists Teju Cole and Damon Galgut, to groundbreaking advocates Tsitsi Dangarembga and Maaza Mengiste, to the next generation of voices, Open

The Future of Tej?

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The Future of Tej?

Kaleab Girma considers the evolution of Ethiopia's lesser known national beverage. Via SHEGA / "Tej is a traditional honey wine that holds a special place in the hearts of Ethiopians. It is made by mixing together honey, water, wild yeast, twigs, and the leaves of Gesho, which acts

The Spirit of Struggle

The Spirit of Struggle

Cornel West and Panashe Chigumadzi contemplate how Desmond Tutu worked to reconcile "African" and "Black" theology. | Via Boston Review / "While many across the world remember postapartheid Tutu as the purple-robed presider of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, who tried to reconcile Black and white South

Dig This.

Zeinab Mohammed Salih and Jason Burke report on the growing number of homegrown African archeologists. | Via The Guardian/ "Heading down one staircase are Sabrine Jamal, Nadia Musa, Athar Bela and Sabrine al-Sadiq, all studying archaeology at Khartoum University. Not one of them is older than 24 and they see

Diasporican - The Cookbook.

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Diasporican - The Cookbook.

Illyanna Maisonet shares ingredients to help satisfy the longings for a deeper culinary experience. This is what we're talking about. | Illyanna Maisonet was the United States' first Puerto Rican food columnist for a major newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, and sold out pop-up dinners across the San