My name is Zerthun Feltamo and I was born into a family of 7 in Ethiopia, with 2 sisters and 4 brothers. Family is very important to me… so is my passion to make a difference for the better. I love fashion, music, acting and modeling. My hobbies are...

John goddard staff reporter thestar.com What's remarkable about Orchestra Baobab is how deeply its players seem to have internalized all of West African pop music. "Specialist in all styles," the band calls itself. The...

American music is African music. From blues to R&B to disco to electronica to bluegrass, every strain of American music can trace its DNA back to ideas rooted in the African American and African traditions, from the rhythms and melodies to the...

Juneteenth, like Cinco de Mayo and St. Patrick's Day, is tied to events from long ago and far away. But it's quickly becoming a rallying point for a culture-rich festival, now in its fourth year at the Toledo Museum of Art, which was attended by...

ABOVE: Camille Dotson plays the drums during a Juneteenth celebration performance at the Saturday at the Gallup Performing Arts Center. BELOW: Brian Dotson sings a solo during the Juneteenth celebration on Saturday at the Gallup Performing Arts...

How do you go about creating an exotic African menu on the shores of Salisbury Beach? You make research your first ingredient. When Paula Simpson, owner of the Carry Out Cafe in Newburyport, and her executive chef, Jodi Holihan, were given the task...

The recent Theatre and Dance Indaba at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg, closely scrutinised various sectors of the theatre arts. In the 70s and 80s the theatre was vibrant in the townships and being used to mobilise the oppressed.But...

Members of the Association culturelle et professionnelle des Africains de Sudbury recently held its annual meeting and elected a new board of directors. Members include president Bululu Kabatakaka, vice-president Amélie Hien, secretary Victor Teuno...

A New York-based adoption think tank says trans-racial adoptions have done little to reduce the number of Black children in foster care homes and echoes Black social workers' warnings that in addition to loving, responsible homes, children need...

American actor Danny Glover will attend a two-day event dedicated to Senegal's Ousmane Sembene, an African cinema pioneer who died last year, organisers of the event said Tuesday. Glover is one of 60 international guests including filmmakers,...

Uniting the countries of Africa in a similar way to the shared relationships between states in America would help reduce Africa's tribal conflicts, according to U2 frontman Bono Writing in a special edition of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun,...

Yves Saint Laurent, the iconic French designer who revolutionized fashion by putting women in pants without sacrificing their femininity, died Sunday in Paris. He was 71. Saint Laurent's three-letter monogram is perhaps as synonymous...

It was certainly effective, but not the best thing for employee morale. So impressed was he by the intricate wooden door the Indian carver had made for his palace that the ruling sultan promptly ordered the poor fellow's hands be lopped off. Thus,...

Trafalgar square is the venue for the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Africa Liberation Day, this bank holiday Monday Backed by the Mayor of London's office this, free ‘family day out, is of great historical significance as it also...

Over 100 stakeholders in the tourism industry in West Africa, on Tuesday converged in Accra, to attend the Second Africa Regional Seminar on Tourism and Handicrafts, which aims at enhancing the two key sectors to contribute towards the reduction of...

Late start of the international film festival annoys delegates as Nigerians yell for more entries, reports LEADERSHIP's AL-AMIN CIROMA, who is in Cannes, France Cannes has introduced a new genre to this year's festival: the...

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Red Shaddock, a Beijing Union University student who would rather give strangers her net name, is fed up with Chinese food. She has been searching for exotic cuisine in Beijing, and is not disappointed One Friday evening,...

Her name is Adrienn Nyisztor but prefers to be called Adri. She is a 23-year-old International Communication graduate whose immediate plan is to make documentary film about Africans living in Hungary. Adri passionately believes she has enough...