
Tales of a civilized slavery
Black Brazilians have to fight official and popular narratives hiding the country's brutal and violent legacy of slavery.
Black Brazilians have to fight official and popular narratives hiding the country's brutal and violent legacy of slavery.
Ghana's government likes to advertise its "Year of Return" to welcome members of the African diaspora back to the country, but the first returnees, Ratafarians, are still fighting for their rights.
Sudanese living abroad are key to the uprising: raising awareness and support for political and social transformation back home.
The legacies of colonialism and the African slave trade on religious practices in the African diaspora.
Is emigrating to Africa an option for Black Brazilians in the time of Jair Bolsonaro's toxic, racist, rightwing regime?
The tensions between young Nigerians eager to flee their country for a better life in the United States and those already exposed to US culture.
"White person!," people passing by shout, smiling and waving at me. I am black. I am African. I am Rwandan."
Blood Orange and Sampha are two London-raised artists with Sierra Leonean roots, currently making waves on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the current generation of Uganda's diaspora, the homeland is much more than a myth; it’s a reality that they can see, hear, engage, and influence.
Given this history of Black dispersal and displacement, what might a liberatory mobility look like?
The Ma’Ati is a new digital storytelling platform created by Africa is a Country contributor Shamira
Anyone who has been paying attention to the global electronic dance music scene knows that there’s an
Okpako wants to show people as they see themselves but in a way that others can recognize themselves as well.
Akomfrah's films gives voice to the legacy of the African diaspora in Europe, and his experimental approach to narrative and structure helped pave the way for the re-emergence of the "essay film" today.
The UK is jokingly referred to as Harare North for its sizable Zimbabwean diaspora, second only to South Africa. This photo essay captures that world.
Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."
The diverse histories and orientations of African pop, the diaspora, and its international dissemination and the speed with which culture travels now.
Dubai can actually be a city of gems that might surprise you. Like soul musician Hamdan Al-Abri, who is of Zanzibari descent.
Photographer Glenna Gordon, no stranger to AIAC, is working on a new project in Staten Island,