The United States is a nation of immigrants. We’ve heard stories of our ancestors coming to the so-called “New World” from across the vast waters of the Atlantic Ocean, or from all over the world.

From a violent human roundup in West Africa, to a hazardous journey across the Atlantic, to an auction block in New Orleans, the fate of hundreds of thousands of slaves over more than two centuries ...

Ashe Cultural Arts Center will be hosting its 2024 Maafa commemoration, Radiant Rhythms starting at 7 a.m. July 6. This year’s Maafa will be centered around the power of African drums. Drums and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The MAAFA Redemption Project is a faith-based program for young men in the underserved West Garfield Park neighborhood. In the five years since the program began, nearly 75 have ...

In clear but sorrowful tones, Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux stood Saturday on the cobblestones of Congo Square and sang about the 20 million Africans who were brought to the Americas chained to plank ...

People of African descent gathered in Hartford Saturday to connect with and celebrate those that came before and fortify themselves for the fight ahead. The Maafa altar building and procession was ...

The MAAFA project shines light on stories of black ancestors and enslavement in America. This local event is part of a national movement that began in 1995 at a Brooklyn church. WFMZ's Jaciel Cordoba ...

Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bed-Stuy continued a decades-long tradition on Saturday by sharing the story of the MAAFA – a time period that refers to the trauma experienced by African people during ...

Visiting professor Mayowa Ogedengbe presented a traditional African prayer honoring the dead last week as a prelude to a panel discussion entitled "Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora." ...