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Stick around pan long enough – in all its manifestations as a musical instrument and agent of social mobilisation and change – and you eventually realise that any “beating” experienced will come from its own hands.

Humacao, Puerto Rico – Curator Edwin Velázquez Collazo is the administrator in the creation of the first collection of Afro-Puerto Rican art that will be showcased at Casa Silvana, an alternative rural space for the dissemination of Afro-Puerto Rican art which he founded and directs in the municipality of Humacao. Violeta Vani, “Atlas”, 2023, 14” […]

With this latest book, “Nation Building, Our Challenges, Resilience and Responsibility”, in short Nation Building, author drs. Eugene B. Holiday delivers a socio-political history book covering significant developments of the first two decades of 21st century Sint Maarten and provides building blocks for the nation’s further development.

The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance reveals the names, ages, professions, and religious beliefs of 96 ancestors who were once connected to the Golden Rock plantation on St. Eustatius. This is part of the project “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” that encourages the St. Eustatius community to make the Afrikan history of the island more visible and more personal.

President Akufo-Addo stated that the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, which begun with some twenty (20) slaves from West Africa being forcibly sent in 1619 to the United States of America, was devastating to the continent and to the African Diaspora

The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance has started registration of candidates for its new initiative “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” on Friday, November 10, 2023. It is a community project in which the inhabitants of St. Eustatius write their own history.

Almost half of people of African descent in the EU face racism and discrimination in their daily life – a rise since 2016. Racist harassment and ethnic profiling are also common, especially for young people, finds a new survey from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). FRA calls on EU countries to take urgent steps to tackle racial discrimination and harassment to ensure everybody is treated equally and with dignity.

Africa’s food and agribusiness will be worth an estimated US$1 trillion by 2030, African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi Adesina told participants of the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman E. Borlaug Dialogue (https://apo-opa.info/45SJK8Q) in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday.

Amsterdam – Lemi Ghariokwu: The King of Covers, a selection of thirty designs by the Nigerian illustrator and designer, will be on display at Amsterdam-based record shop Rush Hour Store from November 1-28, 2023. The renowned artist, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, will open the exhibition himself […]

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