The exhibit includes 10 categories of African American dolls, including cloth dolls, paper dolls and cardboard standups, marionettes, pop culture dolls, sports figures, Barbies and more.

“Almost all of these dolls have some type of history,” Howell said. “They’re not dolls you can just go out and buy at a ...

Inspiration, self-love and growth are three reasons Howell named the exhibit "Black Butterfly" Proud and Beautiful African American Doll Collection. It aims to show the metamorphosis in African ...

The exhibit includes 135 handmade antique dolls — some that were made by enslaved people — and about 60 period photographs ...

Antique shops and academics discuss what is happening to Black memorabilia as Florida plans its Black History Museum.

These pieces highlighted Ayissi’s knack for balancing opulence with subtlety. Ayissi honored African craftsmanship through Kente fabric transformed into striking halter dresses and kimono-inspired ...

Ghana’s iconic Kente cloth has been inscribed onto UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This global recognition under the 2003 Convention for Safeguarding ...

wrapped the exterior of the second floor — a windowless blank stucco façade — in vertical 2½-by-6-foot timber slats installed in a wood pattern reminiscent of hand-woven West African kente ...

wrapped the exterior of the second floor — a windowless blank stucco facade — in vertical 2½-by-6-foot timber slats installed in a wood pattern reminiscent of hand-woven West African kente ...

Women in the party wore suffragette white to Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus sported West African kente cloth the year prior, after the ...

A new ecosystem of publishers, bookstores, literary magazines and festivals is promoting African writers and changing the stories told about the region. By Abdi Latif Dahir Abdi Latif Dahir ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 4 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President ...