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African Immigrant Health Groups Battle Trans-Atlantic Tide Of Vaccine Disinformation

12:40pm April 06, 2021

by Eva Tesfaye

Efforts to address hesitancy among Black people in America often overlook African immigrants, who get information from friends and family back home through social media platforms such as WhatsApp.

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Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S.

10:48am February 05, 2021

by Amy Fallon

African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

Duke Alumnus Authors Paper On Memorializing The Middle Passage

4:06pm December 03, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

More than 12.5 million Africans were carried across the Atlantic on 40,000 slave-trading voyages.

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Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album Black Is King, which premiered on Disney+.

Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

1:51pm August 07, 2020

Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.

Arts

The Racial Roots Behind The Term 'Nappy'

7:14pm August 09, 2019

by Michael Paulino

Where does the term "nappy" come from and why does it have such negative connotations? Is it possible to reclaim a word that has been used as a slur for so long?

Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Va., 1619.

Ready For A Linguistic Controversy? Say 'Mmhmm'

4:01pm August 17, 2018

by Kumari Devarajan

Mmhmm is a small word that's often used unconsciously. But it can actually tell us a lot about language, bias and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.