The man who mailed himself out of slavery On March 29, 1849, a wooden crate was loaded onto a train in Richmond, Virginia. The crate was three feet one inch long, two…
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o has been cast in dual roles for Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated adaptation of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, taking on the parts of both Helen of Troy…
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States. Most…
For generations, English was presented as the language of intelligence. To speak it fluently was to be civilized, credible, modern. In classrooms across colonized lands, children were taught that mastery of English was…
The universe is not a flat, singular plane of existence but a vast, multidimensional expanse of consciousness. Every atom, every thought, every vibration is part of an infinite field of awareness that…
How Imagination Shapes Reality Throughout history, art has not merely reflected life, it has often anticipated it. From literature to cinema, the creative imagination has served as a prophetic mirror, foretelling events,…
Culture critics Sonjah Stanley Niaah and Danae Peart remember the iconic musician Jimmy Cliff died this past Monday at age 81. The Jamaican musician’s passing is a huge loss for the reggae…
On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a crucial role in the abolition…
The late former Kasipul-Kabondo MP, Samuel Onyango Ayodo, made history as the first Kenyan from the Luo community to study in America and was one of the four Luos to sit in…
Did you know women braided their hair and hid rice seeds as well as other grains in a style called cornrows? The braiding technique was very popular among the women. During the…