Nominated for a record-breaking 16 Oscars, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” follows Sammie, the son of a preacher whose transcendent voice and Dobro guitar lead him on a journey through vampiric invasion into ...

New research documents the positive impacts that Afro-descendant populations have had on tropical ecosystems in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. The study found that deforestation rates are ...

Jessica Martinez has just been crowned the Guinness World Records holder for the world’s largest afro, measuring 6 feet, 2 inches in circumference. Jessica Martinez, 29, was crowned the Guinness World ...

With an Afro that is more than six feet in circumference, Jessica Martinez set a new Guinness record. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Jessica Martinez was about 12 years old when she stopped using relaxers ...

Jessica Martinez has set a new Guinness World Record with her 6-foot Afro. A New York woman has set a Guinness World Record with her Afro, which measures 190 centimeters (about 6 feet 3 inches) in ...

Assise dans le hall d’un immeuble du centre-ville, Fatou Diagne, journaliste, suit de près l’affaire. Pour elle, l’interpellation musclée de Maimouna Ndour Faye a marqué une rupture. « Voir une ...

L’arrestation puis la libération provisoire de Maimouna Ndour Faye, directrice de la chaîne privée sénégalaise 7TV, ont suscité une vive émotion au Sénégal. Interpellée après la diffusion d’une ...

Baltimore, MD — October 2025 — The AFRO-American Newspapers, known today as AFRO News, has earned national recognition on two Feedspot rankings — the “45 Best Black News Websites of 2025” and the ...

Born Bianca Miquela Landrau in Boston, Massachusetts, the 34-year-old rapper has been steadily building her career since appearing on Sisterhood of Hip Hop and signing with Pharrell’s label a decade ...

IZMIR — On one of the first warm days in September, members of the tiny Afro-Turk community gathered in the city center of Izmir, in western Turkey. Women in bright printed dresses wore regal headwear ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — More than 11.3 million people live in Bolivia. Around 23,000 identified as Afro in a 2012 census, the first and only time they appeared as a distinct category. YUNGAS, Bolivia ...

A sign that reads in Spanish: “Welcome to Mururata, cradle of Afro-Bolivian culture” stands in Mururata, Bolivia, on Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.) Listen YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had ...