American-Ghanaian rapper Vic Mensa has spoken out about how traditional African spiritual systems like Voodoo and Yoruba have been wrongly portrayed as evil.

American-Ghanaian rapper Vic Mensa has spoken out about how traditional African spiritual systems like Voodoo and Yoruba have ...

In the gilded world of Hollywood, royalty is usually fictional, constructed through tiaras, fairy tales, and special effects.

A socio-cultural and political group, Think Yoruba First, has said the unity of the race will ensure the preservation of its culture and guarantee economic empowerment for millions of Yoruba youths in ...

Now playing at Atlantic Stage 2, "A Freeky Introduction" is the genre-defying world premiere from playwright NSangou Njikam. Blending Yoruba spirituality, African storytelling, hip hop, R&B, and ...

Released on Netflix in May 2025, Straw is unlike anything Perry has done before. Stripped of gospel choirs and comic relief, it’s raw, unnerving, and ...

United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration has wrought havoc across Africa and beyond by abruptly dismantling the multibillion-dollar US Agency for International Development (USAID).

At 36, Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the world’s youngest president – in stark contrast to Africa’s average leader age of 63. He took office in September 2022 after overthrowing Lieutenant ...

Discover the world of D'IYANU, a Black-owned African-inspired clothing brand. Learn about its origins and the impact of African textiles on fashion.

The 50th anniversary of the largest African arts festival in the United States went off under cloudy skies in Philadelphia.

In ‘A history of the Yoruba People’, Professor Akintoye deployed four decades of historiography research with current ...