The traditional African roots of twerking [Videos]
WEBFeb 14, 2018 · The word was even added to the Oxford dictionary in 2015. Twerking may have gotten its name from the bounce craze of early 1990s New Orleans, but its origins are decidedly African. As Kelechi ...
How Michael Jackson struggled with vitiligo and turned white
WEBAug 29, 2018 · The celebrated American singer, songwriter, and dancer, who was one of the most popular entertainers in the world, was diagnosed with vitiligo in 1984. He came public with the condition in 1993 on ...
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WEBThe Africa-America Institute (AAI) celebrated a monumental milestone with its 40th Annual Awards Gala, a night filled with powerful leaders, dignitaries, diplomats, and cultural icons.
5 African traditional ceremonial dance styles explained
WEBMar 1, 2018 · As the New Encyclopedia beautifully explains, “In Africa, dance is a means of marking life experiences, encouraging abundant crops, honoring kings and queens, celebrating weddings, marking rites ...
The shocking history of enslavement of 1.5 million white …
WEBMay 30, 2018 · Historian Daniel Barker explains,. The context of the Barbary slave trade was a centuries-old Christian-Muslim feud in which both sides’ behavior toward each other was pretty ghastly.
10 Black historical figures who changed the World
WEBJul 6, 2023 · Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Martin Luther King, Kwame Nkrumah, Harriet Tubman, and Malcolm X, among other Black extraordinary leaders and individuals, have positively altered the course of ...
Africans who played an active role in the Transatlantic slave trade
WEBBetween 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to North America, the Caribbean and South America, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. Only about 10.7 million survived ...
Exploring the Complex ‘Love’ Affairs Between Enslaved Black Men …
WEBFeb 5, 2020 · Delve into the controversial and complex relationships between enslaved Black men and rich White women during slavery ️ This article examines the dynamics of power, exploitation, and forbidden ...
From light to dark: how Africans got so many tones of skin color
WEBSep 30, 2022 · Recent scientific findings show that the early dwellers in Africa had paler skins which later evolved into dark ones. The skin of Africans has undergone various changes over the last 900,000 years ...
The story of Anthony Johnson - Face2Face Africa
WEBJun 5, 2018 · The history of slavery in the Americas has always been marred by its deep racial past. So much so that stories like those of Anthony Johnson, a black man who was one of the first people to legally ...