As poet laureate, Dawes “is tasked with stimulating a greater ... his generation who has worked tirelessly to promote the works of African, Caribbean and African American poets across the globe,” ...

To celebrate, we invited poet and Hollins University student ... Spencer says she wrote the poem about Roger Arliner Young, the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in ...

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has said slavery is not yet dead but rife on the African continent. Soyinka made this ...

The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on ...

Exeter LitFest aims to shine a spotlight on local talent in the Exeter area, as well as bring in featured authors and poets.

Poetry will take the centrestage on Friday, March 21, as the world celebrates World Poetry Day (WPD). Declared by the United Nations , ...

The Template of Dispersal', aligns with the United Nations’ ongoing focus on African descendants and reparatory justice.

The festival will also feature other authors, poets, and special events ... sites and museums on representations of slavery, African American material culture, and the Black-Indigenous intertwined ...

James Mangold's biopic A Complete Unknown sparks conversation about Bob Dylan, with Timothee Chalamet's polarising ...