MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A taste of African culture was available to those attending the Africatown Heritage House’s inaugural Culture Fest, serving as a cultural celebration filled with spoken word, ...

According to a press release, Culture Fest 2024 is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the African Heritage House (located at 2465 Winbush St). The free event, which organizers ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - There was a great opportunity today to learn about the history and culture of Africatown in Mobile. A culture festival was held at the Africatown Heritage House, where Clotilda ...

More than a decade ago, the Africatown Welcome Center was a deteriorating trailer overlooking a 149-year-old cemetery. It sat adjacent to the vandalized busts of Cudjoe Lewis, the famed survivor of ...

One hundred and sixty-three years is a long time when you want to forget. Not so when you want to remember. When you want to remember, it’s just a moment ago. So it is for the descendants of Clotilda, ...

An Africatown film by director Margaret Brown has been accepted by the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. Brown, a Mobile native, has previously created films on Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt; ...

The Clotilda, carrying on board an estimated 110 African children, teenagers and young adults, made its secret arrival along the Gulf Coast shores in 1860, more than 50 years after the importation of ...

Boasting his intention to dodge the U.S. Navy’s enforcement of the hated ban, Meaher partners with William Foster, a shipwright who captains his beautifully crafted schooner, the Clotilda. The pair ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Clotilda: The Exhibition at the Africatown Heritage House will host Culture Fest 2024 for a day of jubilant celebration, meaningful reflection, and community. As we open a lens ...