Adefunmi, who was recognized as the ruler of the Yoruba people in North America, was stabbed to death on Monday at the Oyutunji African Village in northern Beaufort County.

SHELDON — The victim of a fatal July 29 stabbing that took place in Oyotunji African Village has been identified as the king and leader of that village, Adegbolu Abiogemo Adefunmi. Adefunmi died after ...

The endangered Omo Valley people in Ethiopia were ready for their close-up — one photographer’s effort to capture the tribes before tourism and modernization forever alter their traditional w… ...

The Syracuse chapter of the NAACP, which was led by Van Robinson, has worked with the fair to grow the village that is now named after him, with a plaque that commemorates his part in its growth.

At its peak, an estimated 250 residents lived in Seneca Village – primarily African American people, including emancipated men who owned property in the village decades before the end of slavery ...