Photo credits: rokiatraore.net A Change.org petition has collected over 23,000 signatures in support of acclaimed singer and human rights activist Rokia Traore of Mali following her arrest in Paris for a child custody violation. According to French authorities, Traoré was … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese painter Akassa opened his first solo exhibition in America at the Kente Royal Gallery in Harlem on Saturday, February 8, 2020. The exhibition titled ‘No limits” is open to the public until February … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Boukary Sawadogo, Ph.D., Professor of Cinema Studies at City College, hosted a book talk titled, “West African Screen Media: Comedy, TV Series, and Transnationalization” on January 30, 2020 at the NYU Center for the study of … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell We are the endless roar, a cultural journey to Nigeria produced by Joyce Ademuwi, screened on December 13, 2019 at the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Joyce Ademuwi originally put the project on paper in 2015 … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The Museum of Food and Drink hosted a discussion with Chefs Pierre Thiam and Carla Hall titled: Cooking as Inheritance: Beyond Soul Food in the African Diaspora on November 14, 2018 in Brooklyn. Related Images:
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The 25th New York African Film Festival opened at Film Society of New York under the theme “25 Years of the New York African Film Festival,” on May 16, 2018. The Opening Night film is Apolline … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The New York Urban League honored Kyle Hagler, president of Next Management, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Global Head of Women & Black Community Engagement at Google and Fashion innovator Dapper Dan during its 53rd Annual Frederick Douglass … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell Guinean-American Designer Zayna hosted a fashion show on May 12, 2018 at the National Black Theater in Harlem to showcase her latest African inspired collections. Related Images:
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The NYC Commission on Human Rights, together with Public Advocate Tish James, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Community Affairs Unit, Monroe College, and Sauti Yetu Center hosted its 2nd Annual African Communities Resource … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The community of Genocide Survivors and members of the Rwandan community in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut hosted the 24th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsis in Rwanda on Sunday April 29, 2018 … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The South African community of New York hosted a Freedom Day Celebration remembering South African Trumpetist Hugh Masekela on April 28, 2018 at the Harlem Hospital Center. Phumla Andy Makwabe, Voza Rivers, Ntomb’Khona Dlamini and the … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell On Saturday, April 14th, 2018 Kechie’s Project hosted Men –Talk a conversation where adult men and young men of our local communities gathered to discuss the “Realities of our Time” and other challenges facing young men … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched Sisters Thrive, a women-led, family-centered volunteer effort to promote mental health literacy in Black communities on December 11, 2017 in Manhattan. The effort is in partnership with 5 Sisters Thrive … Read More
