Tag: Africa
Birmingham AL’s Juneteenth Weekend [PHOTOS]
The Birmingham Times
The National Juneteenth Observance Foundation of Alabama parade on Monday morning kicked off a day of festivities and fun in Birmingham’s Kelly...
Birmingham Museum of Art to host African Heritage Fest on Sat....
artsbma.org
The Birmingham Museum of Art will celebrate the vibrant traditions of African cultures and the Museum’s African art galleries on Saturday, June 17 from...
Birmingham Museum of Art Spreads Love of Art
artsbma.org
The Birmingham Museum of Art is calling on art lovers across the city to pay a visit to its galleries during the month of...
‘SoulSistah’ Tamica Banks Celebrates Culture with Africa-Inspired Business
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Centered around “community, culture, and sisterhood,” SoulSistah3.0 is an “Africa-inspired business” that not only offers a variety of stylish earrings—wood-burned,...
Lorenzo Pace, of Pratt City, known internationally for work in Birmingham...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham native Lorenzo Pace was present when Richard Arrington took office as the city’s first elected African-American mayor in 1979...
UAB students make global health impact through serving African countries
By Jimmy Creed
UAB News
Women in the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in northwestern Uganda lack many of life’s most basic necessities, and those inadequacies often...
The Health Benefits of Caffeine May Outweigh the Risks
By Glenn Ellis
Around 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine every single day in one form or another. More than half of all American adults...
UAB PhD student travels to Africa for foreign studies
By Tiffany Westry Womack
UAB News
Roman Johnson, a Ph.D. student studying medical sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a Foreign...