PARIS (AP) — Cameroon-born designer Imane Ayissi fused sumptuous satin and taffeta with ancestral African crafts in a couture collection that celebrated heritage while embracing modernity.

Native American Church members in Texas have long used peyote in prayer and during religious ceremonies. But believers and academics now say there's a shortage of the bluish-green plant ...

You have probably seen a series of identically-designed books with old photos on the cover from Arcadia in bookstores ... and the Americans…Every African American citizen of New Orleans is ...

the exhibit has been around for nearly a century and "encourages visitors to consider the changing role played by the first lady and American women over the past 200 years," its site reads.

Donald and Melania Trump leave a morning service at St. John's Church before the inauguration ...

“It is the oldest African American church in Colorado Springs,” said Church Historian Thomas Scott. The story of Payne Chapel began in 1872 when four Carter brothers and their families moved ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing ... translation to the design of book covers. And those books are finding ...

Yet today there are few African names in the global market for high-end spirits. Some entrepreneurs are trying to change that. Amma Mensah, the British-Ghanaian owner of Reign Rums, and Lola Pedro ...

Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ...

Over the last several years, I have used my life experiences and education to help support African American women and families journey through life on their terms with increased confidence ...

Our work focuses on three themes: Black identity, the economic and social mobility of Black people in America, and Black representation in American political and social life. This work is part of our ...