M.I.A. is nothing if not global. Her aesthetic and lived experiences form an expansive cut-and-paste style through which she makes necessary, if occasionally vague, commentary that spans different ...

The TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture hosts an annual dance convening that demonstrates the artform's ability to connect and transform through workshops and performances with experts who ...

Sacred spirits met swirling colour in Porto-Novo this weekend, as performers in elaborate wooden masks and flowing fabrics danced through the streets during Benin’s annual traditional mask festival – ...

This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...

“Disguise: Masks and Global African Art” is an exhibition about identity, which is unremarkable when questions of identity have been front and center for artists for more than a quarter-century. What ...

When the new season of “Dancing With the Stars” kicks off this Monday(8 p.m. on ABC), the cast of dancers vying for its cheesy disco ball trophy will include the first non-white pro dancer in the show ...