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In Nigeria, The Bride Does Not Laugh Or Smile Until She Is Satisfied With The Amount Of Money Given To Her

One of the First Black Women to Rule the Runway Came Straight Out of Jamaica

Meet Mme Abomah: The “Amazon Giantess” and the “African Giantess” Once Crowned the World’s Tallest Woman

The Librarian Who Defied Terror — Risking His Life To Protect Centuries of African History

Before Hip-Hop Existed: The Jubalaires Were Already “Rapping” in 1946

La Lupe On Her Religious Beliefs: “It’s Too Complicated To Explain… You Have To Go To Africa To Understand.”

Before Her Passing, Viola Fletcher, The Oldest Survivor Of The Tulsa Massacre, Fulfilled Her Lifelong Dream Of Coming To Ghana. She Later Received Her Ghanaian Citizenship In 2023 At Age 109

The Bizarre “Soul-Less Human” Theory and Its Origins — How the Orphan Train Story Pulled Cabbage Patch Dolls Into a Viral Modern Narrative

Step Into History: Black Wall Street Lives On at the Greenwood Rising Virtual Reality Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Meet Miriam Makeba: The Voice That United a Continent

Bob Marley’s Love Life Explained By Those Closest To Him

The Genius Behind the Sew-In Weave? Meet Christina M. Jenkins