The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

Revelers dance at the "Cordao do Boitata" street pre-carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.

Past and present, fake and real, summer and winter, young and old all blended in Francesca Murri’s lighthearted collection.

In Hawaii, native islanders are a minority ... too," Roman, 31, said. Plena has Afro-Puerto Rican roots, similar to its predecessor, bomba. It's often called "the newspaper" of music because ...

Research from St. Olaf College and the University of Denver, published in Current Biology, found that a parasitic fly in Hawaii has evolved to eavesdrop on the mating calls of Pacific field crickets.

Disney star China Anne McClain apologized after she faced backlash over a video that showed her touching a resting sea turtle in Hawaii.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Hawaiian Airlines is a U.S.-based airline, but don’t let its name fool you. The airline offers flights that span the globe ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country’s biggest stage: the ...

Unidos da Tijuca's theme is Logun Edé, the star’s orisha — a deity in Afro-Brazilian religions that represents a force of nature. Last year, the singer lost thousands of followers on ...

With a particular attention to the records of Black resistance, as well as the subjectivity, psychology, life practices, and cultural expressions of Afro-Brazilians, she summed up her project in a ...