A guide to meaningful travel experiences that connect visitors with African American history, art, and traditions across the nation. African American travel experiences offer more than typical tourism ...

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African American culture, family and community, observed annually from Dec. 26 through ...

Eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is seen as a good-luck tradition rooted in West African and African American culture ...

Kwanzaa, derived from the Swahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza" meaning "first fruits," is celebrated each December with seven ...

Visit any region of the United States, and you'll find Black American cuisine with historic and multinational roots. Some dishes are so indelible to American culture that the contributions of African ...

"Our religion and superstition was all mixed up" : conjure, Christianity, and African American supernatural traditions -- "Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history" : Old World ...

While some are recouping from that Christmas cheer another holiday is getting started around the world and right here in West Michigan. Thursday kicked off day one of Kwanzaa, which is a week-long ...

The 19th annual Dayton African American Cultural Festival brings themes of celebration, heritage and tradition to the forefront this weekend at Island MetroPark. In today’s Ideas & Voices, ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

The 2025 Kwanzaa Community Celebration, titled “Africa Rising: Celebrating Heritage, Building Futures” will be held Saturday, Dec. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Morning Edition host Michel Martin talks with food historian Jessica B. Harris about the history of eating greens during the ...