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Melaninterest: Finally, we have a ‘Black Pinterest’ to cater to the Black community online
Visual boards help bring ideas to life and the go-to visual board for many has been Pinterest. What Black people had to do was attach their skin color to every search to get results. Many felt it was about...
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How the Teke people of the Republic of Congo became best known for their fetishes
The Teke people of the Republic of Congo were forced to cohabitate with the French in the 1800s. They returned to their own way of life after independence in the 1960s. Teke which means ‘to buy’...
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The CROWN Act: Connecticut set to become latest state to ban natural hair discrimination
Connecticut is the latest state to pass The CROWN Act that would make natural hair discrimination illegal. The state’s Senate voted 33-0 to pass The CROWN Act, an acronym for Creating a Respectful...
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Sheila Brown shares her amazing journey to becoming the first Black woman to own a radio station in Buffalo, NY
Sheila Brown walked out of WUFO in Buffalo, New York, after working at the radio station for 14 years. She left after the station changed management and their operations were not in line with her vision....
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Besides their unique traditional houses, here are some interesting facts about the Kaonde people of Zambia
The Kaonde are Bantu-speaking people who occupy the northwestern regions of present-day Zambia. A number of them can also be found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The name Kaonde is derived from a...
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Two Cameroonian dads in Quebec are creating their own line of Black and mixed-race dolls to fill diversity gap
Two Cameroonian dads living in Quebec are bringing a much-needed representation into the doll industry. Upon realizing that many stores did not have Black dolls or they were either stacked at the back...
