The summer of 2025 arrives amid a swell of momentum for Black filmmakers. The summer festival circuit has already spotlighted groundbreaking voices from Zambian auteur Rungano Nyoni to Nigerian epic ...

This tournament is full of power, pride, and presence. From Madrid to Paris, Black and Afro players are shaping the biggest stories of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

African cinema has traversed a remarkable arc. It evolved from British colonial messaging to globally celebrated art, thanks in large part to pioneers like Senegal’s Ousmane Sembène, whose journeys ...

African drumming is one of humanity’s oldest technologies. It has been a tool of communication, healing, and ceremony for tens of thousands of years. Rhythms from Mali, Ghana, Senegal, and beyond ...

In the late 1990s, I moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of the Arts for dance. Here, I encountered a living tradition of Black resistance and communal pride built upon a complex history of ...

America’s culinary history cannot be told without referencing the impact of food trucks as an entrepreneurial vehicle in shaping some of the growing food businesses that have continued to contribute ...

Viola Davis has yet again broken another barrier. In June 2025, she was named among the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame class, joining luminaries like Conan O’Brien and Ryan Murphy to be formally ...

Cherashore Playground 8 th St. & Olney Ave. is a hotspot this time of year for the younger crowd. A neighborhood pool party is scheduled during the Wawa Welcome America festival at 4 p.m. EST, Monday, ...

What Soft Life Means to Blacks As explored by Ms. Magazine and Forbes, for Black people, embracing a “soft life” means: Rejecting hustle culture: Hustle culture is out; soft life is in, as Black men ...

There is a cadre of African and African-descended artists in contemporary art who assert the profound depth of Black identity. Through their inventive mediums and captivating themes, these visionaries ...

On June 13, 2025, Philadelphia’s journalism and civic leadership gathered at the Science History Institute for the fourth annual Reimagining Philadelphia Journalism Summit, produced by the Lenfest ...

Discover seven underrated global destinations that offer safety, cultural richness, and meaningful experiences for Black travelers. From Ghana to Greece, explore places where you can connect, unwind, ...