A story is the only time you can have my attention
Blitz the Ambassador talks to us about his new EP, 'The Warm Up,' ahead of his Brooklyn, NY, show tonight.
New York
The New Black Films
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
Photographing the African Diaspora in New York City
A group of graduate students in New York photograph the city's immigrant and refugee communities, especially the African ones.
At the Protests for Trayvon Martin
The focus should be on white people. Why have so many of us chosen not to demonstrate?
Rap Comes Home
It’s quite a weekend for New York’s prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
African Football at The Shrine
Watching the African Nations Cup Final at The Shrine in Harlem.
French-Algerian sculptor Rachid Khimoune exhibits in New York City
Rachid Khimoune grew up in a small mining town in Northern France where his Algerian parents
The Reincarnation of Rockland Palace
A part of Harlem's ballroom scene gets a makeover and a much needed funding injection and international exposure.
Uptown Sahel
Thinking about ways that Africa is represented by NGO's and other international organizations.
Shameless Self-Promotion: Chief Boima’s Many Identities
If you’re unfamiliar with my musical work, OkayAfrica.com recently did a profile on me for their web TV
Disco Angola (in New York City)
Putting postcolonial Angola and postindustrial New York in visual touch.
Cheikh Amadou Bamba Day
For over two decades, West African Muslims from the Murid Sufi Brotherhood come together at the
Coming to America
Filmmakers like Nikyatu Jusu, of Sierra Leonean descent, provide reference points for young African immigrants growing up in the West.
Mother Russia
New York City artist Maria Buyondo grew up in Russia and Sweden, the child of a Russian mother and an Ugandan father.
Lagos vs New York
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZX6gUoQGvw&w=500&h=307] By Keziah Jones, who has a new album, “Nigering Wood,” out this Spring, comparing his