Spike Lee wants African Americans to tap into their roots in the African motherland. Spike Lee is fully immersed in his ambassadorship role in Benin, where he’s urging African Americans to reconnect ...

Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” ...

The state of Illinois is helping African Americans trace their roots in Africa. Illinois has launched a statewide initiative aimed at helping African Americans reconnect their ancestral ties to Africa ...

People look similar to me or you can say they look like me. It is not like going to Europe or going to some Latin American countries where there are not many Black people and I think God just wants me ...

"Africa is on the rise and African people are also ascending," one person said. At Cape Coast Castle on the shores of the Ghanaian city, a sordid history belies its beauty. The castle overlooking the ...

Today's Black American migration to Africa builds on previous patterns while taking up modern opportunities such as remote work, medical tourism, and investments, which were previously unavailable.

My first time on the continent of Africa was during the Ajabu Cocktail Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2024. The experience proved transformative. As an Afro-Caribbean girl raised in the ...