The Crying River
June 20, 2025
The Crying River is an excerpt from the book of poems, One Voice of a People, by Stephen Q. Gray
Timeline of Enslaved African Imports into North American Colonial Ports
June 20, 2025
Data Courtesy of Amadu Massally, Author of The Gullah Geechee Saga: Through African Eyes The image above is a historical diagram of a cross section of the slave ship Brookes,
After Africa | Part One – Food
September 10, 2024
The Food So, it’s been a few weeks since I returned from Africa, and of course, people have been asking me about my trip and want to see my pictures.
Uncovering Our Stories – Part 2
September 4, 2024
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Finding Your Roots – Part 1
September 4, 2024
Want to find your roots? Listen in on why it’s a valuable and important journey to start.
On Safari in Maasia Mara, Kenya
August 25, 2024
Kenya Day 6 So it’s 4am in the morning and I am on the way to climb into a hot air balloon. Just like in the movie Jurassic Park, the
My New African Name!! Nana Nyarkoa
August 25, 2024
While in Ghana, one of the local kings gave me a new African name during a naming ceremony.
In A Word | Ghana
August 25, 2024
By Luana M. Graves Sellars African Name – Nana Nyarkoa Well, it’s August 15th and I’m back in the states after 4 weeks of being away and semi-awake. Ghana is
Q&A: What is Heirs’ Property?
May 21, 2024
A large part of my conversation with Luana focuses on a concept called heirs property, a form of land ownership that occurs when someone dies without a will, leaving heirs without a clear title to the property. Without definitive proof of land ownership, heirs property owners can’t get home improvement loans, farm loans, and certain kinds of insurance, among a host of other things.
In A Word | Plantations
March 5, 2024
Plantations visually, tend to be strikingly beautiful places that also embody and represent violence, pain and suffering.