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  • Community Tributes to Claudia Whittingham

    In honor of the beloved Claudia Whittingham, watch tributes from her family and friends from a special memorial held on May 2, 2025 and then read a personal tribute from Sandrine Dupiton.

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  • Love and Resilience Response – Yesenia Montilla

    I don’t think Love and Resilience are the same. But they inform one another. Love makes resilience possible and resilience is how we survive these times. The more we love, (whether it be other humans, trees…

  • Love and Resilience Response – Kim D. Brandon

    These are challenging times. It feels like we are at war within our own country. The emotional fatigue feels never-ending. It’s times like these when I look to poetry to help me get reconnected to a sense of love for self, for family, for community, for the world…

  • Interview with Chip Williford

    by Lora René Tucker INTERVIEW WITH CHIP WILLIFORD,                        SUFFOLK COUNTY NY’S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN POET LAUREATE We wanted to meet face-to-face,…

  • Winter 2025 News Update

    Call for Submissions Dear AV Family Member, In 2027, African Voices will celebrate our 35th Anniversary of sharing our stories, literature and culture. We are seeking your stories, poems and art for…

  • Pittsburgh hosts 35th Annual IABD

    LEGACY IN MOTION By Kojo Ade I would like to share my extraordinary experience at the 35th Annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference (IABD), hosted in collaboration with The Hill…