Otesha Creative Arts Ensemble

Kwanzaa kick-off echoes calls to value black life (pictured above: Zen Sadler (center) helps Don Williams and Patricia Sadler light the Kwanzaa kinara.) The recent deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police was at the forefront on the...

(pictured above:  Irie Rhythms owners Gorjean and Warren Moore.) It’s where “Winston meets Kingston.” That’s the catchphrase for Warren and Gorjean Moore’s new Silas Creek Crossing restaurant, Irie Rhythms. Irie is a Jamaican word that mea...

(pictured above: Attendees participate in the closing Harambee chant at Friday’s Kwanzaa event.) Kujichagulia – or self determination – was the Kwanzaa principle celebrated Friday at Delta Arts Center. A seven-day African American community and...

Prominent women from across the Southeast donned their trademark emerald and white and flocked to the Twin City last weekend for the 63rd Annual Conclave of The Moles, Inc. More than 500 Moles and their significant others, known as Mules,...

City welcomes members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. received a warm Winston-Salem welcome at the Benton Convention Center last Thursday, the opening day of AKA’s four-day Mid-Atlantic Regional...

Hashim Saleh has dedicated much of his life to the celebration of African culture through his Otesha Creative Arts Ensemble, the state’s oldest African American drumming and dance troupe. The Bronx, N.Y. native knows a lot about his family’s...

Ministers Conference uses MLK Day for series of education/empowerment workshops Amid the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and President Barack Obama’s historic second inauguration, local leaders reminded the community Monday...