A couple of months ago, a group of African American women held an event in New York city, which also included a documentary, about how black hair attracts the attention (often unwanted) of white people. The difference is that this time instead of wearing t-shirts with [...]

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Perhaps many of you that read this blog from outside the US don’t know that February in America is “black history month”. The idea behind it is to remember African American people who had made important contributions to the history of this country. Whether you agree or not with the notion of creating a special [...]

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One of my favorite sites for information about movies that deal with African and African American cultures is Shadow and Act. Last week they posted about an interesting documentary short film that explores the subject of black doll making and collecting, Why do you have black dolls?. I wish I had [...]

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A couple of Christmas ago, I commented about the tradition of the Three Wise Men in Spain and in many countries of Latin America. One of the ways of celebrating these festivities is through a parade, where there is always a man representing the black wise man Balthazar, usually a white man in blackface. I [...]

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