Alliance Française Celebrates Tunisia
"World Nomads," a month-long festival by New York's French Institute Alliance Française, fetes the cultural and intellectual renaissance of Tunisia two years after its Arab Spring, reports France-Amerique.
Carving a Slice of West Africa in Brooklyn
Feet in 2 Worlds heads to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn where an enclave of West Africans flourish with restaurants, food stores and shops. A stop at an African buffet gives a taste of the diverse countries of the region.
Rappers Bring Sounds of Arab Spring to Brooklyn
Rap artists whose songs became anthems during the Arab Spring revolutions and ongoing struggles in North Africa and the Middle East will bring their words of politics and protest to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this week, reports the Brooklyn Ink.
Following the Fans of the African Cup of Nations
Bloggers from Global Soccer, Global NYC were at Meytex Cafe, a social center for the Ghanian community in Brooklyn, to witness the tremendous cheers for the Black Stars at the Africa Cup of Nations.
African Beats Welcome Brazilian Cultural Center
After years of planning, New York's first Afro-Brazilian institution – the Ofá Cultural Center – was finally born late last year. The center hopes to celebrate Brazil's cultural diversity and ethnic richness through music, dance, food and literature events.
Brooklyn’s Nigerian Community Feels the Heat of War
Brooklyn-based immigrants from Nigeria are struggling with the negative impact of religiously motivated violence in their home country, spearheaded by the Islamist militant movement Boko Haram, reports The Brooklyn Ink.
African Arts Festival Celebrates and Reflects on Identity
Two New York-based papers focusing on the black community, Our Time Press and Amsterdam News, used the occasion of the 41st annual International African Arts Festival earlier this month in Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park to reflect on black identity today in America.
West Africans Own the Air With Phone-in Radio Shows
A Feet in 2 Worlds podcast offers a glimpse into the world of West African radio hosts who use free conference call services to broadcast their shows.
‘Kony 2012′ Met With Condemnation and Indifference
When Black Star News, a small New York-based investigative site with an African perspective and a focus on Uganda, ran an editorial critical of the viral video "Kony 2012," the website received more hits than it had ever experienced -- and nearly crashed the server.
