Miriam Makeba, fondly known as ‘mama Africa’, has died. She died of a heart attack after appearing in a concert in Caserta, Italy.
Ms. Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 and was a leading figure in the struggle against apartheid.  In 1965 she became the first black African woman to receive a Grammy [...]

Can you find beauty in squalor?  How do you extract grace and elegance from grim events?
The answer to the first questions is :It depends on your angle and where you choose to focus your lense.   To answer the second question you’d have to follow documentary filmmakers, Andrea Nix Fine and her husband, Sean, to the Patongo Refugee camp in Uganda, [...]

The 5th Annual Black Women’s Arts Festival(BWAF) is now accepting submissions from artists of various genres.  This is a chance to showcase talents in dance, music, film, literary arts, theatre, visual arts and more. If you want to hold a workshop or demonstration, you can do that, too.
The event takes place in Philadelphia, PA from July [...]

Greetings all and welcome to the new online home for the African Cultural Arts Program. Kemi and the entire board of ACAP are providing a wonderful community resource and I am proud and happy to have had the opportunity to work with ACAP to create this site. Please add your feedback and comments so we [...]