African Diaspora

Baba Bradley Simmons smiles at dancers in the foreground while playing for an Afro-Cuban rumba dance class at Living Arts Collective in Durham on September 15, 2024.

Remembering Baba Bradley Simmons, Durham's legendary African and Afro-Cuban drumming master

Bradley Simmons, instructor of West African percussion at Duke University for nearly three decades, died at 72 on May 22.

Jeanine Ikekhua (top right corner), Mother Ibitayo (top left corner), Sister Joy (middle), Brother Jude (bottom left corner), Brother Ogbe (bottom right corner).

WUNC Youth Reporting Institute

After quarantine, an N.C. State student copes with disconnection from her Nigerian culture

Jeanine Ikekhua

This summer, Jeanine Ikekhua reflected on how the physical distance from her community impacted her mental health, pre- and post- quarantine.

Arts & Culture

Telling Our Stories of Home

Anita Rao

What is home? For many in Africa and its diaspora, the meaning of the word "home" has been altered, deconstructed and recreated by external forces like…

Arts & Culture

Telling Our Stories of Home

Anita Rao

What is home? For many in Africa and its diaspora, the meaning of the word "home" has been altered, deconstructed and recreated by external forces like…