Akon is plowing ahead with his plans to build the Pan-African, high-tech “Akon City” in Senegal, announcing at a…

The instant Akon joined me at The Root’s office in a skyscraper overlooking Times Square, he seemed at ease. With…

Fashion designer Lamine Kouyaté has always drawn from his birthplace of Mali and all of Africa’s past to create…

Model Seynabou Cissé—Seyna, for short—quietly rocked our worlds when she visited our offices in her signature…