About an hour outside Cartagena, Colombia is a little town with a big history. San Basilio de Palenque has about 3500 inhabitants and was formed by African slaves who escaped Spanish rulers 400 years ago.A hip hop group from the community is preserving that history with their music.Our Urban Voice is Kombilesa Mi.The Palenquero language is influenced by the Kikongo language of Angola and Congo where many of the slaves who settled in this region originated. The language is also mixed with Portuguese which was spoken by the slave traders who first brought Africans to the Americas.

Underrepresented Afro-Mexican communities are working to change the Constitution to earn their basic rights like healthcare and education. CCTV America's Franc Contreras reports.

In this Part-2 of Afro-Mexicans series, CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock takes a look at the history of Black Mexico, and a community’s struggle for recognition. The country’s African population is growing and trying to keep pace with a fast-changing world.

As the Black Lives Matter movement spreads internationally, we’re looking today at one of the world’s most forgotten Black communities. In Mexico, Black people make up around one percent of the population. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock tells us in the first of two reports, equal rights isn’t the only battle they have on their hands.

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said the country is breeding a generation of illiterates who are relish in the arrogant of ignorance

Edited by Ibrahim Mulushewa, ANEWS Editor, http://www.anews.com.tr/

This is a short documentary that focuses on the emergence of Ethiopian statehood, its development, and challenges.

Solidarity marches for U.S. protesters rippling around the world reached Israel on Tuesday where hundreds of protesters waved “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanted “George Floyd.” They also called out another name: Solomon Teka. Over the past five years, six young men of Ethiopian descent have been killed by cops, according to the Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews. Police data also shows Ethiopian Israelis are still disproportionately overrepresented in arrests and indictments even though they make up 2 percent of the population.Young Ethiopian Israelis have led the protest movement against racism and called for systemic reform. Note: VICE News filmed this report in March 2020, before COVID-19 guidelines were in place.

Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, renowned Kenyan Lawyer, Pan-Africanist and Inspirational & Motivational Speaker, talks about “Making Africa Work for Africans”

⁣Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba: Thieves as Leaders
Ghana [2015]

This is a look into Nigeria's fight against insecurity and terrorism.