To mark the centennial of the birth of the “Queen of Salsa”, Celia Cruz, Craft Latino is celebrating by reissuing some her best-loved and most influential ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tuesday kicks off Afro-Latino Week in the Mid-South, a celebration of the rich and diverse blended culture of African and Latin heritage. The events have been hosted every year ...

For one day we show them who really holds the power,” said the People’s Union Founder John “J” Schwarz, in a statement sent to the AFRO. “Corporations and banks only care about their ...

With a particular attention to the records of Black resistance, as well as the subjectivity, psychology, life practices, and cultural expressions of Afro-Brazilians, she summed up her project in a ...

Aware of the hopes and worries many in the African diaspora share, he has been trying to get more young Afro-Germans involved in politics. While he thinks Germany has "one of the best political ...

The Wayuu say this isn’t happening. Rising tensions Construction started on the La Guajira 1 wind farm — which looms over the cemetery near Cabo de la Vela — in 2020 after a mix of legal ...

Sixty years since the bullets flew inside the Audubon Ballroom, the echoes of Malcolm X’s voice refuse to fade. His words — razor-sharp, unflinching, and drenched in the righteous fire of a ...

Eventually, he learned to wield his playful, hip-hop lyricism with a soft and brassy trill unlike anything in Afro­beats. His swirly vibratos actually resemble gamakas, popular inflections in ...

The week’s most popular Afrobeats songs, ranked by a weighted formula incorporating official streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to the Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira ...

In other words, Afro-Latinos have been part of U.S. history for centuries, but they have not been recognized and are often not part of Black History Month celebrations. That's why we leave you with ...