Culture

The African People’s Education & Defense Fund (APEDF) and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles are proud to showcase one of our newest product lines, NZO—African Styles at Home & Abroad.

This venue is an iconic one for the music of African people. In 1953, the greatest Jazz concert ever was held there and in 1975, Bob Marley and the Wailers blessed the house.

Kendrick Lamar is the man of the moment having won a Pulitzer Prize on April 16, 2018. It was the first win for a non-classical or jazz musician since the awards began including music some 75 years ago. Lamar won for his fourth album, Damn.

To mention every African who has contributed to music history would result in a piece unending. As creators of music and those spearheading music’s evolution, it’s nearly impossible to cover it all, however we raise the names of some of African music’s most prominent figures, their influence, and their legacy.

I never met the multi-talented Robert Guillaume face-to-face; however, I did have several telephone conversations with him.

Fischer told a sold-out audience while she was performing that her African blood is from south of the Sahara.

Zenzele Consignment, a clothing resale store and economic develop project that sustains the programs of the All African People’s Development and Empowerment Project (AAPDEP), recognized its one year anniversary with a successful anniversary celebration and fundraiser on August 27th 2017.

Many have wondered out loud, “What would El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) be doing at 92 years of age?” Our Black Shining Prince was born on May 19th, 1925 and joined the ancestors on February 21, 1925. Before his passing, Africans in Nigeria gave him the name Omowale. In Yoruba it means “child has come home.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. At the founding meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 25, 1963, a resolution was passed establishing May 25th as African Liberation Day.