African Americans, those that were free and those enslaved, have played a major part in the development of America; in fact, in many ways, slavery has underpinned the American economy.

Starting in the first third of the twentieth century, research on African Americans and their heritage increasingly focused on Africa for cultural antecedents. Throughout the social science fields, studies …

Artistic and cultural movements such as the New Negro, Black Arts, Black Renaissance, hip-hop, and Afrofuturism, have been led by people of African descent and set the standard for popular trends …

African Immigrants in America: A Demographic Overview Immigrants from Africa constitute a highly diverse and rapidly growing group in the United States. As Census data demonstrate, the African …

The great migration in the 1920’s, where African Americans left the South for the North, escaping the brutality of the south in search of work and a better life many found employment here in Iowa working …

For a discussion of the African origins issue, see Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie, African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996).

African spin-ach can be cooked or used like any other spinach or greens as it has a similar earthy flavor. This vegetable is often added to soups or stews, but it is also fried in oil or used as a salad green.