African Diaspora Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Our AfriFemme Traditions – A Free NYC Women’s History Month Family Event In East Harlem

Join the celebration for all NYC families with children of all ages taking place on March 12th, 2022, entitled Sou Sou! Saturdays: Our AfriFemme Traditions.Continue reading

El Museo’s 44th Annual Three Kings Day (Virtual) Celebration Is Coming To East Harlem

El Museo del Barrio is delighted to present the 44th Annual Three Kings Day (Virtual) Celebration on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, titled Fuerza Colectiva: Celebrating our Roots and Diversity. Continue reading

R&B Star Akon’s New $6 Billion Smart City Offers Second Home For The African Diaspora

Akon may not be lonely for much longer. Continue reading

The blacklist100: Celebrating 100 Black Culture Makers And Thought-Leaders From Harlem To Hollywood

Following the recent launch of the Juneteenth Image Capsule (JIC) campaign - a future-forward, all-digital movement designed to comprehensively celebrate Black culture and Blackness - the next phase of the JIC initiative will continue with the release of the inaugural blacklist100.Continue reading

CCCADI Launches Phase 2 Of #ArtsGoBlack Campaign Challenging Arts & Culture Field To Address Systemic Racism

Two weeks ago, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) initiated Phase 1 of #ArtsGoBlack Campaign designed to express solidarity with all those protesting the horrific murders of countless members of our African Diaspora family by violent, racist attacks - all within 100 days.Continue reading

Harlem’s Apollo Theater To Livestream Let’s Stay (In) Together Benefit Concert With DJ D-Nice

Apollo Theater announced that on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. it will present “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo Theater,” a special musical event streamed live at apollotheater.org.Continue reading

Annual Kwanzaa Crawl Brings $250,000 To Black Business From Harlem To Hollis

Let’s support black businesses through libations! According to The Root, the annual Kwanzaa Crawl helps generate $250,000 for black businesses in Harlem and Brooklyn in New York City.Continue reading

A New Universe Harnessing The Power Behind Super(s)heroes And Comics Of Color In Harlem

On Saturday November 16, 2019, a new and unprecedented exhibition The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators brings to Harlem’s Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) Continue reading

One Time Executive Director Of The Studio Museum, Mary Schmidt Campbell Joins J. Paul Getty Trust Board

The J. Paul Getty Trust announced today that Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president of Spelman College in Atlanta, has joined the Board of Trustees.Continue reading

REWIND 2018 Film Series Fashioning A Future At The Schomburg In Harlem

The Schomburg Center and the division for Moving Image and Recorded Sound have a rich history of collecting and preserving cinema of, or featuring black talent from across the African diaspora.Continue reading

In Case You Didn’t Know, Rhonda Ross And Rodney Kendrick Are Having A Valentine’s Day Concert In Harlem

At Harlem stage Rhonda Ross and Rodney Kendrick celebrate love in all its dimensions in their first full USA concert together in 15 years! Continue reading

Combatting Oppression With Sacred African Traditions At City College In Harlem

In our current era of systematic racism, gender-based violence, neo-fascism, and religious intolerance, a pioneering New York City based cultural arts organization is hosting Trade/itions event in Harlem.Continue reading

We Look Forward To “My Soul Looks Back” By Jessica B. Harris In Harlem

Jessica B. Harris, preeminent culinary scholar of the African Diaspora, cookbook author, and journalist, pens a memoir about a time in her life shaped by a romance with fellow college professor Sam Floyd, as well as friendships and chance encounters with cultural icons James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Nina Simone. Continue reading

Africans Who Built The World A Talk At The Schomburg In Harlem

From 1471 to 1700, enslaved and free Africa- and Europe-born African people made up perhaps 20% of southern Iberia’s urban populations. Continue reading

Souleo: Black Girls Rock! and Bold Soul Sisters Sound Off

By Souleo

Women’s History Month drew to a close, or should we say a crescendo this past week with two special March end-of-the-month events, where women were celebrated and given a platform to share their thoughts on a host of topics, including the F word: feminism.Continue reading