New York City is considered the jazz capital of the world, the hip-swinging city where the music genre icons Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis came to make their name. Even Louis Armstro
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Everywhere you look in Cape Verde, there’s construction: condos, malls, high-rise bank buildings, sprawling corporate centers. Anticipating a boom in tourism, the 10-island nation located just 320
BY Ann Brown
Finding a diet that’s right for you can be a challenge, especially if you’re looking to quickly shed pounds packed on over a long period of time. If you’re like most people, you’ll try the lat
BY Vicky Katz Whitaker
Langston Hughes, famed Harlem Renaissance poet of the 1920s and 1930s, understood the life and struggle of someone who wants to pursue his or her artistic passions. “An artist must be free to choose
BY Tyrha M. Lindsey
In 2015, on the 5-acre site across the street from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., a regal structure to celebrate the rich legacy of African-Americans will stand. It will be the new home
BY Clarence V. Reynolds
Are you familiar with Afrobeat? Is it something that you have enjoyed for years? If not, you will become familiar with the music after you see Fela!, on Broadway. This musical is full of songs and mus
BY Linda Armstrong
A secret destination, Uruguay has a World Heritage site, a plethora of beaches, thermal spas, working guest ranches, friendly people and a tranquil ambiance that is hard to find in today’s frantic w
BY Sandra Scott
By all accounts, jazz is America’s preeminent indigenous musical art form. Just saying the word “jazz” brings to mind soulful jam sessions with intricate melodies and breathtaking improvisatio
BY Tyrha M. Lindsey
Results of a pioneering study may provide new clues to treating and preventing hypertension in African-Americans. Hypertension, or chronic high blood pressure, underlies an array of life-threatening
BY Nafisa Rachid
Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe. OK, the last sounded better before the translation. But my husband and e
BY Donna Bryson