RECOLLECT Her Forever Home Thanks to the legacy-preserving efforts of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, along with four exceptional Black artists - contemporary artist Adam Pendleton, painter and sculptor Rashid Johnson, collagist and film-maker Ellen Gallagher, and the iconic abstract artist Julie Mehretu - the childhood home of legendary singer-activist Nina Simone
RECOLLECT Where It Belongs! An elaborate hairpin once owned by Ethiopian Empress Tiruwork Wube has been returned. The item was stolen in 1868, in connection with the looting of the Ethiopian Imperial Treasury during the so-called British "expedition" to Magdala. From the Royal Ethiopian Trust: "This exquisite artifact, missing from Ethiopia
Kemet Back on Top One of the statues comprising what is known, by some, as the Colossi of Memnon, has been ostensibly restored. The king represented by the statue is the 18th Dynasty pharaoh, Amenhotep III. Egypt unveils revamp of two colossal statues of prominent pharaoh in LuxorThe giant alabaster statues, known as the
RECOLLECT How the Truth Is Passed The Global Curatorial Project partners with the Brazilian Natural History Museum to center oral histories in the exploration of enslavement and European colonialism. Exhibitions in Brazil showcase global slavery oral history project led by Brown’s Simmons CenterResearch led by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery
RECOLLECT The Nkrumahs Have Spoken During a recent visit to Addis Ababa, Kwame Nkrumah's daughter and grandson praised Ethiopia's long-standing cultural inspiration and commitment to Pan-Africanism. Kwame Nkrumah’s Futuristic Vision for Africa - Google Arts & CultureA visionary leader with ideas before his timeGoogle Arts & Culture KWAME NKRUMAHRead Nkrumah&
RECOLLECT The Grave of Olaudah Equiano's Daughter Is Found As all students of history know, or should know, Olaudah Equiano is one of the most well-known victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Born in West Africa, Equiano purchased his freedom in 1766 and found his way to England, where he married Susanna Cullen, in 1792, and had two daughters,
RECOLLECT The Grand Egyptian Museum Officially Opens After two decades of anticipation and development, the billion dollar Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened with a cosplay celebration in the Arab Republic of Egypt. You can purchase tickets and learn more HERE.
RECOLLECT A Mighty Faith An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York explores the complexities of spirituality in ancient Kemet. It runs through January 19, 2026. From the MET: "Over Egypt’s long history, its belief system grew to include more than 1,500 gods with many overlapping forms and
RECOLLECT Remembering Prince Ibrahima The unprecedented ceremony, organized by the Natchez Historical Society, will take place on October 24th and feature the installation of a historical marker, a celebration of life, and remarks from Michael Morris, Director of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. According to the Lowcountry Digital
RECOLLECT Author Emily Riley to Discuss the Role of Women in Wolof Cultural Politics Emily Jenan Riley is an assistant professor and researcher at the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Michigan State University and a BA in Anthropology from Oregon State University. The event will take place on October 14th
RECOLLECT The Tomb of Amenhotep III Reopens after 20 Years The 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Amenhotep III, ruled ancient Kemet from approximately 1390 to 1350 B.C., and was buried in the famous Valley of the Kings. The reopening, according the the Associated Press, is part of Egypt’s efforts to "...attract more foreign visitors to revive the tourism sector,
RECOLLECT On This Day: Ethiopia vs. Italy - The Rematch In hopes of avenging its devastating defeat to Ethiopia at the Battle of Adwa in 1888 (1896 in the Gregorian calendar), Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invaded Ethiopia on October 3, 1935. According to BlackPast, "The war began on October 3, 1935, when General Emilio De Bono marched his troops
RECOLLECT It's Gullah Geechee Heritage Month! Explore books and other resources to learn more about this historic and vitally important African-American community. From the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor: "The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast. Many came
RECOLLECT Remembering Dr. Marcyliena H. Morgan Dr. Morgan was the Ernest E. Monrad Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and the founder of the world's first hip-hop archive. According to Jamal Watson at The Edu Ledger, the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute opened
RECOLLECT Remembering the Great Axumite Empire. At its height, the kingdom of Axum controlled northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, northern Sudan, southern Egypt, Djibouti, Yemen, and southern Saudi Arabia. Sandra Babu-Boateng of the Black Stars Experience discusses... To see ruins from the ancient kingdom of Axum, check out this video (in Amharic) from Ethiopia's Kana TV.
PAN-AFRICAN FOOD FESTIVAL Soup Joumou Time! In this video session from PBS Voices, learn more about the history of Haiti's signature freedom dish.
SKY IS BLACK SKY IS BLACK - Episode #57 Anton and BC discuss investing with artificial intelligence, the Netflix documentary, Descendant, and the African-American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
RECOLLECT Never Forget: BARRY FARM A collaboration between The Bertelsmann Foundation and the DC Legacy Project, this documentary about Barry Farm, directed by Sabiyha Prince and Samuel George, is available for viewing online. |
RECOLLECT The Black Geographic A redefinition of the field, edited by Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis. | From Duke University Press / "The contributors to The Black Geographic explore the theoretical innovations of Black Geographies scholarship and how it approaches Blackness as historically and spatially situated. In studies that span from Oakland to the
RECOLLECT Panama in Black Professor Marcus Johnson considers Kaysha Corinealdi’s Panama in Black. | Via Black Perspectives: "Panama in Black differs from many of the monographs that precede it, because it makes a conscious attempt to elevate the voices and contributions of Afro-Caribbean women in the struggle to create a Black diasporic world
RECOLLECT The Real Purpose of African-American Studies Northwestern professor, Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor, and UCLA professor, Robin D.G. Kelly, discuss the new Advanced Placement class in African American studies. Neither one made the cut. / From The New Yorker / On Wednesday, February 1st, the first day of Black History Month, the College Board released its long-awaited curriculum for a
RECOLLECT Real History Matters In keeping with their responsibility as griots and culture keepers, a powerful cadre of academics, including Vincent Brown, Cornel West, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, and Mark Anthony Neal, stand up for the value of African-American studies. | From African American Studies Faculty via Medium / "We are over 200 African American Studies
RECOLLECT Silenced No More Stanford professor, Joel Cabrita, surfaces the suppressed story of South African writer, Regina Twala. From The Guardian / Twala had been a writer, intellectual and anti-colonial political activist of the 1950s and 60s. She was born in South Africa, but after her arrest in 1952 for participating in the non-violent resistance
RECOLLECT Remember Nubia From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan exhibit runs at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles until April 3, 2023. | From the Getty Villa / "For nearly 3,000 years a series of kingdoms flourished in ancient Nubia (present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan)
RECOLLECT Forever Grateful Tuskegee Airman, Harold H. Brown, has passed. Thank you, brother. Rest in Peace and Power. | From Sam Roberts via the New York Times / Harold H. Brown, who as a teenager overcame racial prejudice in the American South to become an Army Air Corps fighter pilot during World War II — a
