The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited San Basilio de Palenque, which was established as the first free African town in the Americas in 1619 Eric Charbonneau/Archewell Foundation via Getty Meghan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colombia’s Caribbean coast, specifically Cartagena, is a destination beloved by Black travelers. Cartagena has one of the highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When ChocQuibTown –the seminal Colombian trio that fuses hip hop with Colombian rhythms and beats from the Pacific Coast — took a ...

Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo, a sports complex in Cali, Colombia, is home to what is affectionately called "El Petronio." For the last 27 years, hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to ...

After lunch at the jungle resort Mamá Yeya Raíces, the women of the family passed warm cups of Viche (vee-chay). The drink provided relief and comfort after a cold, wet day in the remote village of ...

Colombia has become the top destination for U.S. visitors in South America, and for good reason. The “Country of Beauty’s” commitment to showcasing its 10% share of the planet’s biodiversity and rich ...

In western Colombia, the Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel from all over the world to the city of Cali ...

SUNY Cortland will hold a “Festival of the Plantain” on Thursday, Sept. 19, centering the banana-like fruit in a celebration of the people of African descent in Latin America and their diaspora. The ...

I knew this adventure with Kim Haas wasn’t ordinary the moment we climbed onto a motorcycle-powered wooden train cart in Córdoba, bound for the remote village of San Cipriano. Home to just 600 people ...

Colombia’s Caribbean coast, specifically Cartagena, is a destination beloved by Black travelers. Cartagena has one of the highest concentrations of Afro-Colombians, where an estimated 60% percent say ...

From August 14-19, the city hosts the Petronio Álvarez Music Festival, one of Latin America's most significant celebrations of Afro-heritage. As the year unfolds, Cali will also be the stage for ...