Megan Thee Stallion, a.k.a Ms. My Knees Don’t Quit (I made that up. It was either going to be that or “Twerkocalypse…

Black women across the world are being recognized as the royalty they are.

(The Root) — Last month, representatives from member states of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community and Common Market)…

(The Root) — To hear 22-year-old Nice Nailantei Leng'ete answer questions from across a table, you have to lean in.…

Editor's note: The spelling of the ethnic term "Coloured," used within the context of South African history and…

(The Root) — For many of Kenya's well-off, Saturdays are for shopping, drinking lattes, nibbling on international…

(The Root) — Jean Claude "J.C." Wenga, 24, expected to spend the last weekend of August performing in front of…

(The Root) — This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Martinican polymath Aimé Césaire. If anyone truly…

(The Root) — Cork Street in Mayfair, nestling just behind Savile Row and the sartorial panache of its world-famous…

(The Root) — After 30 years of teaching African history, I am still fascinated by the idealism and innocence…

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(Special to The Root) — When the African Union (known then as the Organization of African Unity) was founded, the…

(The Root) — This year, African heads of state are celebrating 50 years of Pan-Africanism through the African Union…

(Sahara Reporters) — Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has described Africa's most well-known novelist, Chinua Achebe, as…

(The Root) — Whenever northern Nigeria has been in the news in recent months, the stories are usually about killings…

(The Root) — The American story has too long been told through a racial lens and always vis-à-vis "whiteness." This…

(The Root) — Exactly 20 years ago today, Stephen Lawrence woke up like a typical 18-year-old student. Studying…

(The Root) — The "new" South Africa turns 20 next year.

(The Root) — I'm in France at the moment watching the horrible events in Boston and their effect on London. Brits…

(The Root) — Beyoncé Knowles made waves last week when she and husband Jay-Z visited the Cuban capital, reportedly…