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How white leaders in South Africa carved out ‘free’ Black states to avoid ending apartheid
Apartheid existed before the 1948 election that ushered in South Africa’s white supremacist National Party which oversaw the overarching legislation that set the ethnicities of the territory apart....
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Who is Tanzania’s new president after Magufuli? Three things you must know
Until Wednesday, the publics in Tanzania and Kenya suspected that Tanzanian leader John Magufuli might have passed away but it took an announcement on state television to confirm that the 61-year-old had...
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Why Black Americans are boycotting the new Aretha Franklin TV series
Not everyone is a fan of the new National Geographic historical docuseries Genius: Aretha and this crowd surprisingly includes some from the demographic you would think were jumping at the chance to see...
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A Catholic Jesuit order will be paying $100 million in Black reparations – Here’s why
The Catholic order known as the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States pledged on Monday to raise $100 million for reparative disbursements to descendants of enslaved Black people once owned...
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Meet Lucille Bogan, the blues pioneer who was not afraid to sing about booze and sex
Lucille Bogan sometimes went by the pseudonym Bessie Jackson, much like other famous names you may know including Eric Marlon Bishop, popularly called Jamie Foxx or Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who is easily...
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Why Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland
A year ago, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo became the first African leader to be invited in about 60 years on a state visit to Switzerland. But his visit may not have gone as his host would wish...
