A procession to commemorate people who suffered in slavery started from Congo Square, to St. Augustine Church in Treme through the French Quarter stopping at Maspero’s and the Omni Royal Orleans ...

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“Maafa is a Kiswahili word meaning ‘the great ... fruit, candies, poems and pictures of ancestors to the altar. Herrington brought a copy of the Green Book, known as the Bible for navigating ...

Sunday's scorching heat did not stop more than 100 people from commemorating the African holocaust, known as Maafa, as they gathered near the historic fountain at Court Square on Sunday morning.

“We believe that nothing can go right in our lives unless we take care of those who came before us,” Laveaux said as she talked about the motivation behind the Maafa celebration that’s been ...

Maafa (pronounced Mah- AH-fah) is a Kiswahili word which refers to the catastrophic events experienced by millions of African people during the middle passage journey from Africa bound for ...

On Saturday, July 6, 2024, beginning at 7 a.m., Congo Square will host the annual New Orleans MAAFA Commemoration, a community event that remembers and reckons with the horrors of the transatlantic ...

New York, NY -- The word Maafa is a Kiswahili term for "terrible occurrence" or "great disaster". It refers to the Black Holocaust when millions of Africans died during the journey of captivity ...