Janelle Richards

“It’s not all safaris and beaches. There’s more than just what you think you understand about the continent, and especially about Ghana.”

“It was important for us to be in a place that’s more diverse than the places that we were,” said one black entrepreneur who moved to Atlanta.

When veteran Jason Kander pulls up to the Veterans Community Project office, he feels right at home. “There’s a real sense of community here,” he told NBC News. Kander served in Afghanistan as an army intelligence officer and then went into politics, serving as Missouri’s secretary of state and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. But he made headlines last fall when he dropped out of the Kansas City mayoral race to get help for PTSD. Today, while continuing his own treatment, he’s…

The new Harriet Tubman biopic starring Cynthia Erivo will be in theaters Nov. 1.

“I think the Ferguson uprising gave people a lot of courage to use the tool of protest,” community activist Kayla Reed said.

The upcoming movie, “Green Book,” tells the tale of two men who are forced to become friends during their journey on a concert tour in the racist, Jim Crow-era South.

A school is Kenya looks to give unemployed youth and young adults an opportunity to pursue careers in technology.

As the technology sector expands in Africa, Kenyan entrepreneurs help youth and girls advance in the industry through training and education.

At risk of extinction in as little as 10 years, African conservation groups work to protect one of the continent’s most precious animals.

The next time you order takeout for dinner, the “deliveryperson” who comes to your door may not actually be a human being at all.