The latest natural hair movement is reminiscent of the groundwork of Black voices that came before us. We now live in an age ...

New research documents the positive impacts that Afro-descendant populations have had on tropical ecosystems in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. The study found that deforestation rates are ...

Nov. 20 (UPI) --A New York woman's afro was certified as the world's largest -- measuring 6 feet, 2.87 inches in circumference -- and she was officially crowned by her predecessor. Aevin Dugas, who ...

With an Afro that is more than six feet in circumference, Jessica Martinez set a new Guinness record. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Jessica Martinez was about 12 years old when she stopped using relaxers ...

Born Bianca Miquela Landrau in Boston, Massachusetts, the 34-year-old rapper has been steadily building her career since appearing on Sisterhood of Hip Hop and signing with Pharrell’s label a decade ...

IZMIR — On one of the first warm days in September, members of the tiny Afro-Turk community gathered in the city center of Izmir, in western Turkey. Women in bright printed dresses wore regal headwear ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — More than 11.3 million people live in Bolivia. Around 23,000 identified as Afro in a 2012 census, the first and only time they appeared as a distinct category. YUNGAS, Bolivia ...

PAST ISSUES OF THE AFRO. SO WHEN YOU SEE 1947, IT’S FROM THE YEAR 1947. HISTORY FILLS THESE SHELVES, TELLING THE STORIES THAT BACK THEN WERE IGNORED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. WHEN YOU OPEN THIS UP, YOU ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and artistic director — and jazz legend — Wynton Marsalis, on Sept. 18–20 ...

#AfroPuff #NaturalHair #Afro #QuickHairstyle #BlackHairMagic #HairTutorial #CurlyHair #ProtectiveStyles #EasyHairstyle #AfroHair #HairTransformation Nine teens arrested after brutal murder of ...

Territories owned and managed by Afro-descendant communities in Amazonian countries are under threat from miners, loggers and oil companies eager to exploit natural resources. Yet those territories ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Afro Deli is opening its doors across the street from the old location in downtown St. Paul. The African fusion restaurant has expanded its reach over the past few years, going ...