A long-running theme of U.S. black history (a panel from Jacob Lawrence's 1940-41 "Migration Series") may have to be revised. © Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence ...

Every week, African Start-Up follows entrepreneurs in various countries across the continent to see how they are working to make their business dreams become reality. You’d be hard-pressed to find ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Krista Johnson is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for African ...

WHO said there was no racism in beauty pageants? The Western definition of a beautiful woman is slim and slender with a medium bust, pencil lips, slightly pronounced hips and high cheekbones. The ...

One hears many anecdotes about white Africans claiming African-American status to benefit from affirmative action; does it ever actually happen? In the course of telling various acquaintances about my ...

The Hello Kitty children's dictionary is at the centre of a storm of words, for including the South African definition of the word "Necklace." According to the UK's Mirror newspaper, the dictionary's ...

How the great influx of people from Africa and the Caribbean since 1965 is challenging what it means to be African-American Ira Berlin A long-running theme of U.S. black history (a panel from Jacob ...