From a violent human roundup in West Africa, to a hazardous journey across the Atlantic, to an auction block in New Orleans, the fate of hundreds of thousands of slaves over more than two centuries ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - For the past fourteen years, Montgomery Maafa has held a commemoration to honor those who came before them. maafa is a Swahili word meaning great tragedy. The term is used to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The MAAFA Redemption Project is a faith-based program for young men in the underserved West Garfield Park neighborhood. In the five years since the program began, nearly 75 have ...

Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Bed-Stuy continued a decades-long tradition on Saturday by sharing the story of the MAAFA – a time period that refers to the trauma experienced by African people during ...

The Ashé Cultural Arts Center celebrates 25 years of Maafa with events Saturday (June 28) and July 5, commemorating the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Maafa is Kiswahili for “great tragedy,” in reference ...

In clear but sorrowful tones, Voodoo Queen Kalindah Laveaux stood Saturday on the cobblestones of Congo Square and sang about the 20 million Africans who were brought to the Americas chained to plank ...

The MAAFA project shines light on stories of black ancestors and enslavement in America. This local event is part of a national movement that began in 1995 at a Brooklyn church. WFMZ's Jaciel Cordoba ...

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. This ...

People of African descent gathered in Hartford Saturday to connect with and celebrate those that came before and fortify themselves for the fight ahead. The Maafa altar building and procession was ...

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