Keeping a displaced group closely knit together
A photo essay on Masjid Tajul Huda, a mostly West African mosque in the Bronx, New York.
A photo essay on Masjid Tajul Huda, a mostly West African mosque in the Bronx, New York.
Angolans have made themselves in and out of Angola, in conversation with the world; they carry with them the deep look of permanent uncertainty. But also take with them the smile of resistance.
Ekwa Msangi, realizadora Tanzaniana-Americana, mostra a história de muitos imigrantes com a experiência de uma família angolana de imigração.
How African immigrants in New York City’s Manhattan borough coped with the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York City's Caribbean Cultural Center seeks to “document and present the creative genius of African Diaspora cultures.”
Today, 30,000 of the 235,000 Ghanaian immigrants to the US call New York City home.
Malians started arriving in New York City in the 1980s, numbering about 8,000 now. They also brought their music.
Most of the approximately eleven million people that live and work in the United States as illegal immigrants are Latin Americans. Some work for Republicans.
In 1970, a young man of color who was a member of a radical group was
We arrived at the Apollo Theater to see hiplife superstar Sarkodie at 7:00 p.m., an hour
There is a lot of ignorance about Afro-Latinos, despite the deep history dating back to the introduction of slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
An interview with musician, Kevin Flórez, about how a music imported by West African sailors to 1970s Colombia became the soundtrack of his city, Cartagena.
Osekre, whose music is a blend of Afrobeat and ska, on the trials and tribulations of being an African musician in New York City
One morning last semester at John Jay College in New York City, I asked my students
Why is the conversation in New York about what the government will do about an epidemic, while for West Africa many look instinctively to NGOs?
Dutty Artz and Africa Is a Country co-present the EP, "L'Afrique Est Un Pays," as a gift to Africa is a Country readers. For a limited time you can download the EP by liking our Facebook page.
Recognition of the contributions to the New York cultural landscape by African immigrants remains strangely absent from the average New Yorker’s frame of reference.
Blitz the Ambassador talks to us about his new EP, 'The Warm Up,' ahead of his Brooklyn, NY, show tonight.
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
A group of graduate students in New York photograph the city's immigrant and refugee communities, especially the African ones.