Cast members of the play “MAAFA – Across the Continent” performed through song and dance to highlight the experiences of slaves during the 16th to 19th centuries.

Maafa Commemoration Ifaseyi Sable Bamigbala Apetebi, a Yoruba priestess, speaks to a crowd gathered at Congo Square Saturday morning, July 5, for Maafa, a program presented by the Ashe'Cultural ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The MAAFA Redemption Project is a faith-based ... I didn't get out until I was 28," project director Malcolm Davis said. "I started finding myself back in the same circles and ...

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.