When Walter Payton was drafted out of Jackson State in 1975, skeptics questioned if a running back from a small, overlooked ...

Last week your columnist cut a paragraph stating that the original Melbourne Higgins in My Fair Lady, Robin Bailey, and Richard Wordsworth who was Fagin in the most notable revival of Oliver!

In 1743, Toussaint Louverture was born into bondage in Haiti, the French island colony then known as Saint-Domingue, possibly the grandson of a king from ... Museum of African Art director ...

The wares kicked off a vogue for “Chinoiserie” — a decorative style seen in furniture, textiles and fine art that swept Europe ... a white clay.) King Augustus II of Poland became so ...

I met him on an audition for, I believe, [1979’s] The Warriors ... a character called King Cobra, which I loved, because if I’m walking around the neighbourhood, African-Americans go ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Rodon also won nine of his 11 duels. He was indomitable on a night when Leeds needed warriors. The 27-year-old was pumped up. He celebrated every victorious tackle or block as the minutes ebbed ...

“Desktop: A Physical Exhibit on the Digital Age” and “Africa Calling” both opened at Haifa’s art museum on April 4. “Desktop” is curator Yuval Sa’ar’s look at how 33 different ...

The ongoing Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, draws both die-hard gamers and fans of Wukong, ...

Dinesh Vijan and Maddock Films‘ epic historical saga “Chhaava,” starring Vicky Kaushal, continues its unstoppable run at the box office, grossing INR7.11 billion ($83.5 million) in India alone.

The 1-54 fair, which was founded in 2013, with three editions per year—in London, New York and Marrakech—is probably the best-known fair dedicated to African art. The fair’s name refers to ...