Thousands of sculpted heads - captive African men, women, and children - meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ...

The rebellion, which took place in 1839, was one of the only times when African slaves were returned back to their home country, Sierra Leone, rather than being displaced in the Americas.

Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery. Traditions EndurePainted in the ...

Artists from the US and across Africa interpret Dakar exhibition's theme, tied to slavery's past and future repercussions, in various ways A whirlwind of colour and art at the opening of this year ...

More than 100 Pan-African artists, ranging from 4 to 93 years old, came together for the Juneteenth Art Expo at The Drawing ...

Black art is largely absent from the world's largest museums. Now, African American artists and curators are working to change that. An 82-year-old Jewish woman has died from injuries suffered in ...

The Ashé Cultural Arts Center celebrates 25 years of Maafa with events Saturday (June 28) and July 5, commemorating the ...

Juneteenth celebrates the fall of slavery in the U.S. At the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, visitors heard from descendants of slaves.

The Historical Institute of Culture & the African American Experience is holding an art gallery for Juneteenth to showcase works of artists of color.

The seven African-American artists’ works examine the past, present and future repercussions of slavery. Traditional boubous, wide-sleeved robes worn across West Africa, mixed with black suits ...