Coming into Black History Month, a new exhibition at the UNB Arts Centre features prominent Afro-descendant New Brunswickers.
The exhibitions will be open to the public until March 27, 2026
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The exhibitions will be open to the public until March 27, 2026
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New expo spotlights Afro-descendant New Brunswickers
Coming into Black History Month, a new exhibition at the UNB Arts Centre features prominent Afro-descendant New Brunswickers. The new
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January 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Coming into Black History Month, a new exhibition at the UNB Arts Centre features prominent Afro-descendant New Brunswickers.
The exhibitions will be open to the public until March 27, 2026
nbmediacoop.org/2026/01/27/n...
The exhibitions will be open to the public until March 27, 2026
nbmediacoop.org/2026/01/27/n...
This piece of history is part of the reason Benin's Afro-descendant citizenship program exists for Black ppl. Modern reparations✊🏾
In 1860, Captain William Foster of the Clotilda arrived in the West African region of modern-day Benin, purchased 110 people from the King of Dahomey, and smuggled them into Mobile Bay, Alabama, seven weeks later.
January 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This piece of history is part of the reason Benin's Afro-descendant citizenship program exists for Black ppl. Modern reparations✊🏾
My project with pilots HTR for Paraguay's Archivo Nacional, using 6,000 pages I've manually transcribed over 15 years to train AI models that can unlock manuscripts documenting enslaved Indigenous & Afro-descendant lives.
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 AM
My project with pilots HTR for Paraguay's Archivo Nacional, using 6,000 pages I've manually transcribed over 15 years to train AI models that can unlock manuscripts documenting enslaved Indigenous & Afro-descendant lives.
Oui, il a un Afro-descendant et d’origine asiatique sur la photo.
Mais si c’est rendu que tu dois jouer à Ou est Charlie pour les trouver, c’est que tu n’est clairement pas représentatif du Québec d’aujourd’hui.
Mais si c’est rendu que tu dois jouer à Ou est Charlie pour les trouver, c’est que tu n’est clairement pas représentatif du Québec d’aujourd’hui.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Oui, il a un Afro-descendant et d’origine asiatique sur la photo.
Mais si c’est rendu que tu dois jouer à Ou est Charlie pour les trouver, c’est que tu n’est clairement pas représentatif du Québec d’aujourd’hui.
Mais si c’est rendu que tu dois jouer à Ou est Charlie pour les trouver, c’est que tu n’est clairement pas représentatif du Québec d’aujourd’hui.
On this World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture, we celebrate the history, heritage, and global contributions of African and Afro-descendant communities, and reaffirm our commitment to equity, partnership, and shared prosperity.
#AfricaHeritage #GlobalImpact #WesternU
#AfricaHeritage #GlobalImpact #WesternU
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
On this World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture, we celebrate the history, heritage, and global contributions of African and Afro-descendant communities, and reaffirm our commitment to equity, partnership, and shared prosperity.
#AfricaHeritage #GlobalImpact #WesternU
#AfricaHeritage #GlobalImpact #WesternU
Today is the World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture, adopted by UNESCO in 2019 to highlight the vital role of African and Afro-descendant cultures in shaping our world.
Let's celebrate the rich heritage and meaningful contributions of these communities in our region and across Canada.
Let's celebrate the rich heritage and meaningful contributions of these communities in our region and across Canada.
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Today is the World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture, adopted by UNESCO in 2019 to highlight the vital role of African and Afro-descendant cultures in shaping our world.
Let's celebrate the rich heritage and meaningful contributions of these communities in our region and across Canada.
Let's celebrate the rich heritage and meaningful contributions of these communities in our region and across Canada.
I am black! Afro-descendant.
January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I am black! Afro-descendant.
Mexico's Afro-Descendant Communities Fight Racism & Inequality
Discrimination is compounded by a structural vulnerability exposing Afro-Descendants to systematic violence perpetrated by various powerful groups associated with capital.
Discrimination is compounded by a structural vulnerability exposing Afro-Descendants to systematic violence perpetrated by various powerful groups associated with capital.
Mexico's Afro-Descendant Communities Fight Racism & Inequality
Discrimination is compounded by a structural vulnerability exposing Afro-Descendants to systematic violence perpetrated by various powerful groups associated with capital.
mexicosolidarity.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Mexico's Afro-Descendant Communities Fight Racism & Inequality
Discrimination is compounded by a structural vulnerability exposing Afro-Descendants to systematic violence perpetrated by various powerful groups associated with capital.
Discrimination is compounded by a structural vulnerability exposing Afro-Descendants to systematic violence perpetrated by various powerful groups associated with capital.
Black ppl across the diaspora can apply for #Beninese nationality by recognition as long as you:
🇧🇯 are at least 18yo
🇧🇯 have a sub-Saharan African ancestor who was deported during the slave trade
🇧🇯 can prove your ancestry to an #Afro-descendant born before 1944
Apply here: myafroorigins.bj
🇧🇯 are at least 18yo
🇧🇯 have a sub-Saharan African ancestor who was deported during the slave trade
🇧🇯 can prove your ancestry to an #Afro-descendant born before 1944
Apply here: myafroorigins.bj
Afro-descendant recognition
Official portal for the recognition process of Beninese nationality to Afro-descendants
myafroorigins.bj
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Black ppl across the diaspora can apply for #Beninese nationality by recognition as long as you:
🇧🇯 are at least 18yo
🇧🇯 have a sub-Saharan African ancestor who was deported during the slave trade
🇧🇯 can prove your ancestry to an #Afro-descendant born before 1944
Apply here: myafroorigins.bj
🇧🇯 are at least 18yo
🇧🇯 have a sub-Saharan African ancestor who was deported during the slave trade
🇧🇯 can prove your ancestry to an #Afro-descendant born before 1944
Apply here: myafroorigins.bj
"AFRO-ATLANTIC CATHOLICS... anticipates exciting new research into #Catholicism among African-descendant people, #Afro-Catholicism in the United States, and the connections between Afro-Catholicism and #Afro-Protestantism." ~Journal of American Folklore
Learn more! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
Learn more! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"AFRO-ATLANTIC CATHOLICS... anticipates exciting new research into #Catholicism among African-descendant people, #Afro-Catholicism in the United States, and the connections between Afro-Catholicism and #Afro-Protestantism." ~Journal of American Folklore
Learn more! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
Learn more! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
On view in North Miami:
No Seasoning
Feb 27 – Mar 27, 2026
Works by seven Afro-descendant Cuban outsider artists from the NAEMI Collection explore identity, marginalisation and survival across multiple media.
At Copperbridge Foundation
elsrcorchea.com
Image: Gloria de la Caridad
No Seasoning
Feb 27 – Mar 27, 2026
Works by seven Afro-descendant Cuban outsider artists from the NAEMI Collection explore identity, marginalisation and survival across multiple media.
At Copperbridge Foundation
elsrcorchea.com
Image: Gloria de la Caridad
El Sr. Corchea Arte Cubano, Crítica Todoterreno
Cuban Art told by the greatest intellectuals and contemporary chroniclers. A subtle irony, but the lens are thick. No one is safe.
elsrcorchea.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
On view in North Miami:
No Seasoning
Feb 27 – Mar 27, 2026
Works by seven Afro-descendant Cuban outsider artists from the NAEMI Collection explore identity, marginalisation and survival across multiple media.
At Copperbridge Foundation
elsrcorchea.com
Image: Gloria de la Caridad
No Seasoning
Feb 27 – Mar 27, 2026
Works by seven Afro-descendant Cuban outsider artists from the NAEMI Collection explore identity, marginalisation and survival across multiple media.
At Copperbridge Foundation
elsrcorchea.com
Image: Gloria de la Caridad
✨ 1 in 3 women globally will experience physical or sexual violence (WHO).
✨ LGBTQ+, trans, intersex, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, migrant, and disabled people face even higher rates due to layered discrimination (UN Women).
This is not a coincidence.
✨ LGBTQ+, trans, intersex, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, migrant, and disabled people face even higher rates due to layered discrimination (UN Women).
This is not a coincidence.
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
✨ 1 in 3 women globally will experience physical or sexual violence (WHO).
✨ LGBTQ+, trans, intersex, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, migrant, and disabled people face even higher rates due to layered discrimination (UN Women).
This is not a coincidence.
✨ LGBTQ+, trans, intersex, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, migrant, and disabled people face even higher rates due to layered discrimination (UN Women).
This is not a coincidence.
Naming #Essequibo is also important. It’s Indigenous + Afro-descendant land being squeezed by oil companies & politics. The real issue isn’t just control, it’s extraction without consent and the right of ppl there to define their future. #Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Naming #Essequibo is also important. It’s Indigenous + Afro-descendant land being squeezed by oil companies & politics. The real issue isn’t just control, it’s extraction without consent and the right of ppl there to define their future. #Venezuela
Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune (Part IV) - Venezuelanalysis
The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation.
venezuelanalysis.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
"The US wants our riches—our oil and minerals—but we defend our sovereignty"
- Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
- Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
Fisherfolk Resisting Imperialism: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune (Part IV) - Venezuelanalysis
The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation.
venezuelanalysis.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
"The US wants our riches—our oil and minerals—but we defend our sovereignty"
- Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
- Luisana Antúnez, a resident of Venezuela's Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune. venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/f...
‘Fishing Provides for Everyone’: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
"The lake not only feeds us but has also shaped the very organization of our community: from fishing, we learned that survival depends on working together."
geo.coop/articles/fis...
"The lake not only feeds us but has also shaped the very organization of our community: from fishing, we learned that survival depends on working together."
geo.coop/articles/fis...
‘Fishing Provides for Everyone’
Fishing is Palmarito’s backnone, connecting nearly every household to the lake. Yet agriculture, hunting, and tourism also sustain the community, contributing to its resilience in hard times.
geo.coop
December 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
‘Fishing Provides for Everyone’: The Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune
"The lake not only feeds us but has also shaped the very organization of our community: from fishing, we learned that survival depends on working together."
geo.coop/articles/fis...
"The lake not only feeds us but has also shaped the very organization of our community: from fishing, we learned that survival depends on working together."
geo.coop/articles/fis...
It is imperative to remove the peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant civilian population from the armed conflict in northern Cauca and the rest of rural Colombia. @ONUHumanRights @MaryLawlorhrds @OBS_defenders @CLOC_LVC @petrogustavo @ConsejeriaDDHH
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It is imperative to remove the peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant civilian population from the armed conflict in northern Cauca and the rest of rural Colombia. @ONUHumanRights @MaryLawlorhrds @OBS_defenders @CLOC_LVC @petrogustavo @ConsejeriaDDHH
150 million people who identify as Afro-descendant and who have shaped the countries of the region, but whose histories have traditionally been erased or reduced to stereotypes
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
150 million people who identify as Afro-descendant and who have shaped the countries of the region, but whose histories have traditionally been erased or reduced to stereotypes
Afro-America: The Invisible History of Latin America
América Futura explores, through seven stories in three languages, the Afro-descendant communities of the continent to tell the story of about 25% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean... english.elpais.com/internationa...
América Futura explores, through seven stories in three languages, the Afro-descendant communities of the continent to tell the story of about 25% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean... english.elpais.com/internationa...
Afro-America: The invisible history of Latin America
América Futura explores, through seven stories in three languages, the Afro-descendant communities of the continent to tell the story of about 25% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean:...
english.elpais.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Afro-America: The Invisible History of Latin America
América Futura explores, through seven stories in three languages, the Afro-descendant communities of the continent to tell the story of about 25% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean... english.elpais.com/internationa...
América Futura explores, through seven stories in three languages, the Afro-descendant communities of the continent to tell the story of about 25% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean... english.elpais.com/internationa...
The multimedia special, 'The invisible history of Latin America,’ promotes a new narrative for telling the stories of Afro-descendant territories and peoples. Their histories are indispensable for building the region’s future. english.elpais.com/internationa...
‘Afro-America,’ a living history that is transforming the present
The multimedia special ‘The invisible history of Latin America’ promotes a new narrative for telling the stories of Afro-descendant territories and peoples. Their histories are indispensable for build...
english.elpais.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The multimedia special, 'The invisible history of Latin America,’ promotes a new narrative for telling the stories of Afro-descendant territories and peoples. Their histories are indispensable for building the region’s future. english.elpais.com/internationa...
L’Afrique et la création du monde moderne 1471-1945, un ouvrage d'Howard W. French, écrivain, journaliste, professeur d'université et afro-américain descendant d'esclaves.
📚 Un article de LibreSens
📚 Un article de LibreSens
Livre : Noires origines
L’Afrique et la création du monde moderne 1471-1945, un ouvrage d'Howard W. French, écrivain, journaliste, professeur d'université et afro-américain descendant d'esclaves.
urls.fr
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
L’Afrique et la création du monde moderne 1471-1945, un ouvrage d'Howard W. French, écrivain, journaliste, professeur d'université et afro-américain descendant d'esclaves.
📚 Un article de LibreSens
📚 Un article de LibreSens
🌐 NEW RESOURCE! 🌐
The Global Afro Descendant Climate Justice Policy Platform emphasizes the inextricable links between gender justice, climate justice, and Black Afro-Descendant liberation. https://ow.ly/FrSG50XCAxy
The Global Afro Descendant Climate Justice Policy Platform emphasizes the inextricable links between gender justice, climate justice, and Black Afro-Descendant liberation. https://ow.ly/FrSG50XCAxy
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌐 NEW RESOURCE! 🌐
The Global Afro Descendant Climate Justice Policy Platform emphasizes the inextricable links between gender justice, climate justice, and Black Afro-Descendant liberation. https://ow.ly/FrSG50XCAxy
The Global Afro Descendant Climate Justice Policy Platform emphasizes the inextricable links between gender justice, climate justice, and Black Afro-Descendant liberation. https://ow.ly/FrSG50XCAxy
The OHCHR also reported 128 cases of forced recruitment of children, of which 44 were indigenous and 7 afro-descendant.
These are just a fraction of all the cases, as many avoid reporting due to fear.
These are just a fraction of all the cases, as many avoid reporting due to fear.
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The OHCHR also reported 128 cases of forced recruitment of children, of which 44 were indigenous and 7 afro-descendant.
These are just a fraction of all the cases, as many avoid reporting due to fear.
These are just a fraction of all the cases, as many avoid reporting due to fear.
I'm Sephardi-Afro descendant so I'm basically a Mizrahi with slightly darker features
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm Sephardi-Afro descendant so I'm basically a Mizrahi with slightly darker features
This report explores how Afro-Descendant communities disproportionately continue to face the most devastating costs and impacts of climate change but are also leading innovative solutions to a 'triple planetary crisis' – climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. https://ow.ly/JVtn50XCAwy
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This report explores how Afro-Descendant communities disproportionately continue to face the most devastating costs and impacts of climate change but are also leading innovative solutions to a 'triple planetary crisis' – climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. https://ow.ly/JVtn50XCAwy