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Africa and its diaspora took center stage in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) as Culturally Bound and SpiralH presented Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds, powered by the Afreximbank’s Global Africa Gateway at The Africa Center. Hosted by the Future Africa Forum 2025, the private screening and discussion formed part of a global […]
...AAI’s 41st Annual Awards Gala to Celebrate Visionary Leadership 2025 Honorees Include The Ford Foundation Mission Investments Program Set to Receive the Inaugural Investor Impact Award Hosted by Sandra Babu-Boateng Sunday, September 21, 2025, 6PMCipriani’s 42nd St. New York, NY The Africa-America Institute (AAI) — the preeminent U.S.-based organization connecting Africa to the Americas to […]
...Our friends and colleagues at the Peabody Award-winning public program Afropop Worldwide and afropop.org are celebrating their 35th anniversary with an Afropop Dance Party on Friday, November 10th at the renowned, worldly night club SOB’s in New York City. Featured will be a performance by Congolese soukous legend Samba Mapangala and the Soukous Stars. Also featured is an exhibition […]
...By Leyu Negussie In a world where representation and inclusivity are at the forefront, the Dino Scholars, five dynamic young men from the African diaspora, are captivating children’s hearts and sparking a literary renaissance. Zayma, Addis, Lucas Samuel, Yaphie, and Lucas Selassie’s journey began by chance—their immigrant families’ shared location in the United States. They […]
...Presenting Programming From The African Diaspora Demand Africa (DA), the global streaming service that hosts a variety of original and acquired content from the African Diaspora, launches as a F.A.S.T. (free ad-supported T.V.) channel on The U.S. Roku Channel, the home of free and premium entertainment on the Roku® platform. Demand Africa’s F.A.S.T. channel includes […]
...Showcasing Programming from the African Diaspora Across the World Today, Demand Africa (DA), a streaming on-demand video service that hostsa variety of original and acquired content from the African Diaspora, launches on Pluto TV, the leading free television service in the U.S.Demand Africa’s content includes hundreds of hours of scripted and unscripted shows and movies […]
...Every month, Chinwe Ohajuruka sends money back home to her family in Nigeria. An architect, project manager, and sustainability consultant, she is part of a community of more than 30 million African diaspora spread across the globe. The West African country is the largest recipient of migrant remittance in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World […]
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