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Agbodjélou photographs the people of Porto-Novo, Benin (formerly the Republic of Dahomey), in a studio that has been…
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Even if the recent headlines about Mathew Knowles allegedly pilfering Beyoncé's profits are true, any potential…
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In her important book Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans, historian Freddi Williams Evans has documented the…
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Anita Baker: "Innocent until PROVEN guilty … No cause of death. If you don't know HOW it happened, you can't say…
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Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow…
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Race is undeniably felt on a social level, but biologically the concept doesn't hold up. This discrepancy is…
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My dad would put me in front of the TV and give me grits and tell me I was going to get in touch with my black side…
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Aguilera's voice is golden, but her memory may need a little help. During the 2011 Super Bowl, the pop songstress…
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