This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — In the heat of the evening sun, a few dozen people gathered Wednesday night at 555 Monroe Avenue NW to enjoy a free fitness class and a taste of culture at the same time.

Recently, the White House took historic first steps to end travel restrictions to Cuba. But until an epic Capitol Hill battle, which will likely end in blood, tears, and airline tickets, lifts the ...

Christelle Awa, representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was announced as the 2021 winner of the African Most Beautiful USA beauty pageant. It was a night of bliss, fashion, music, and great ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country's 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña — where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives — she had rarely ...

Political News Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of ...