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 ...

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.

According to a statement from Ashe Cultural Arts Center, sponsors of the event, Maafa is a Kiswahili word meaning “horrific tragedy.” The two-hour ceremony begins at 7 a.m. at Congo Square and ...

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 ...

A same-sex couple in Kentucky who were denied marriage licenses by former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was awarded $100,000 in damages by a federal jury, according to court documents. David Ermold ...

Law enforcement officials announced Friday that 60-year-old Duane "Keffe D" Davis is charged with one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement. The long-awaited break ...

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.

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 ...