African Diaspora

Tunisians protested President Kais Saied's claims claimed of a plot to erase his country's identity by bringing in sub-Saharan Africans.
/ February 26, 2023
A U.K. Foreign Office document describes a network of illicit sawmills, off-the-books exports and payments made to the Liberian forestry…
/ February 21, 2023
Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, died in the earthquake in…
/ February 18, 2023
Calabash Tea & Tonic, A Taste of Chocolate, DC eateries, Black-owned restaurants, theGrio.com
theGrio’s “A Taste of Chocolate” series continues with an herbalist bringing Indigenous healing practices to northeast D.C.
/ February 15, 2023
Salsa queen Celia Cruz is making history from beyond the grave as she is the first Afro-Latina selected to appear…
/ February 8, 2023
A letter written by an enslaved person in Virginia 300 years ago seeking freedom is part of a new exhibition…
/ February 2, 2023
The Vatican’s ambassador to Congo said he believed the sight of a wheelchair-using pope could be a powerful teaching moment.
/ January 29, 2023
Since 2000, some 22% of Liberia's tree cover has been lost to deforestation, largely due to pressure from logging and…
/ January 25, 2023
books to africa
Teen sisters who relocated to the U.S. from Africa are making a difference by shipping thousands of books to their…
/ January 25, 2023
Ayobami Adebayo, Writing Black, Nigerian author, Black writers, theGrio.com
Ayobami Adebayo, author of the acclaimed debut "Stay With Me," returns with a new novel about family, class and power…
/ January 24, 2023
For Black people in the diaspora, Ethiopia remained a beacon of hope that showed Black people had a history and…
/ January 23, 2023
“It’s critically important to address it right away,” Yellen told reporters Monday morning in Zambia's National Public Health Institute.
/ January 23, 2023