AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Contents 1. Africa's earliest people: the evolution of modern humans -- The Earlier Stone Age: the first toolmakers -- The Middle Stone ...

African Ancestry co-founder Dr. Gina Paige helps Black people connect to their personal history one swab at a time. She credits her family for her interest in connecting others to their lineages. “I ...

In a call to action for universities and society at large, this inspiring lecture underscored the power of language as a ...

Africans are one of the most genetically diverse groups of people in the world. Most people would think Africans are mostly dark skinned, with brown eyes and black hair. But deep in the South Pacific, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ‒ From a wooden bench at the edge of the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, visitors can see the Alabama River where enslaved Africans were transported and sold into a life of forced ...

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 to 2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent, with national, regional, and global actions. As proclaimed by the General ...

"Africa is on the rise and African people are also ascending," one person said. At Cape Coast Castle on the shores of the Ghanaian city, a sordid history belies its beauty. The castle overlooking the ...

Visit any region of the United States, and you'll find Black American cuisine with historic and multinational roots. Some ...

HISTORY MONTH, AND SOME FOODS THAT PEOPLE EAT TODAY HAVE TIES TO SLAVERY. THINGS LIKE CHICKEN AND MAC AND CHEESE WERE ADAPTED BY THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY DURING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. KETV ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

Dr. Fields-Black is the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War.” In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation ...