27 years on and Thomas Sankara's legacy still lives on. Sankara was a profound leader with deep love for his country, Burkina Faso. But he would not live long enough to see his vision change his country for better. He was assassinated. "Faces of Africa" takes you through Sankara's journey and how...

The late Wallace Terry's seminal and groundbreaking expose on the experience of Black soldiers in the Viet Nam War. Some or all of the content of this video may not be original. It is intended solely for educational purposes.

A 6 minute meditation on Outsider Artist in Chicago featuring Walking stick sculptor David Philpot, musician/artist Douglas Ewart, and prosthetic artist Robert Gramsch.

Njinga, Queen of Angola (Njinga, Rainha de Angola)
Dir. Sergio Graciano
Angola. 2013. 109min. Colour. Portuguese with English subtitles.

In 17th century Angola, a woman leads her kingdom in a 40-year struggle for freedom and independence. Her name is Njinga. She will be known as Queen Njing...

Lovers Rock, often dubbed 'romantic reggae' is a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. Lovers Rock allowed young people to experience intimacy and healing through dance- known as 'scrubbing'- at parties a...

For seven years a man called Othello helped the FBI
destroy legitimate political dissent in the United States.

– ERNEST VOLKMAN / Penthouse 1 apr 1980

In 1975, Darthard Perry, a former FBI agent, went on record and explained the lengths that the government goes to examine and study Africa...

The South Side of Chicago is notorious as one of the largest areas of urban poverty in America. Yet in the shadow of the massive housing projects, a vibrant martial arts tradition has been flourishing since the 1950s. Featuring the late Sensei Jaco, the father of Wasalu Jaco aka Lupe Fiasco, Sout...

A 1969 conversation with writer James Baldwin and Dick Gregory in London about the black experience in America and how it relates to the Caribbean and Great Britain. Directed by Horace Ové.

Ivan Van Sertima was a Guyanese-born historian, who gained global renown with his scholarship showing African presence in the Americas before Columbus..
Van Sertima’s most famous work was “They Came Before Columbus,” (Random House, 1976) which showed African influences in Central and South Ameri...

Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (January 26, 1935 – May 25, 2009) was a Guyanese-born, associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University in the United States. Van Sertima’s gained global recognition with his most famous work “They Came Before Columbus,” (Random House, 1976) which showed Af...

"Our deepest memories live at the shoreline...where the Atlantic ocean meets solid ground"

The first “Great Migration,” which occurred from 1916–1930, saw the African-American population of Philadelphia increase from 62,000 in 1900 to 220,000 in 1930, as a direct result of the Pennsylvania Rai...

In 1976, Dr. Al Gunn walked into a music store and an object with metal keys caught his attention. It was hand-held with different length metal keys. He inquired and was told it was an Mbira, an African Thumb piano. He pushed down on the keys and his world changed instantly. The Mbira or commonly...