BAVUAL, The African Heritage Magazine

Taking its name from the Swahili word for powerful, BAVUAL documents the African experience from the begining of recorded history to the present. Each issue features essays, historical profiles, and interviews which tell the story of 680 centuries of Afrocentric progress, and how these stories relate to today’s world.

BAVUAL, The African Heritage Magazine

WHY BAVUAL?

THE DRIFT • A “Marshall Plan” for Black America

$5 a Month Slaves Built the White House and the U.S. Capitol

The Zion Clark Story

President Obama’s Inauguration January 20, 2009 • In just four years, Barack Obama rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of political power. He became a man who was both feared and loved by millions across the world.

Previous Black Presidential Candidates • If victory has a thousand fathers, failure is indeed an orphan. For every President Obama, there have been many who tried for the brass ring, never obtaining it. Still others hope to be The One Who Does in future elections—if, of course, America remains a democracy. Among the most notable candidates:

African Americans and Women Change the Face of Urban Living • AN ENCOURAGING SIGN OF EMPOWERMENT IS THAT BLACK WOMEN MAYORS LEAD EIGHT OF THE 100 CITIES WITH THE LARGEST POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN WOMEN AND POLITICS (CAWP) AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.

The Strange Case of Buffalo’s India Walton

A Soldier’s Soldier • Colin Luther Powell could have had it all. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the victorious four-star general who had flushed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard outofKuwait in 1991 was poised to have the Republican Party’s 1996 presidential nomination handed to him on a silver platter. Like his military predecessor Dwight David Eisenhower 44 years earlier, he stood a very good chance of beating the Democrat—in this case President Bill Clinton—at the polls in November, thereby becoming the first black president of the United States.

One Man’s Journey to Save the Human Soul • “IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR. IF AN ELEPHANT HAS ITS FOOT ON THE TAIL OF A MOUSE AND YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NEUTRAL, THE MOUSE WILL NOT APPRECIATE YOUR NEUTRALITY.”

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REPARATIONS THE PROS AND CONS

GHANA Africa’s Gateway

Famous Faces From Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah Reshapes Africa

The Ashanti Queen Mother Who Fought British Colonialism

BLACKS’ FEAR OF MEDICINE • Some Uncomfortable Truths About Healthcare in America

Q&A: The Dope on COVID-19

BLACK HOLLYWOOD Part I (1898-1969) • For as long as there has been a film industry, black actors have been a part of it. As one looks at the history of black cinema, however, not much has changed in over 125 years regarding behind-the-scenes ownership and the continued stereotypical casting of black actors or characters.

THE ADVENTURES OF BAVUAL ADISA CHAPTER II • BAVUAL MEETS a young Barack Obama in 1987

Black Tudors in the 16th Century

The Enigmatic Jean-Michel Basquiat Breaks Record at 2017 Auction

BLACK HISTORY Quiz • So you think you know black history?

Blacks Are Making It in the Highly Competitive World of Hair Care

BLOWOUT

Lions in Winter

The Continent of Africa

Mansa Musa and the 14th Century Mali Empire

Letter From a Birmingham Jail • In April 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., participated in a campaign in Birmingham, Ala., to protest racism and racial injustice in that city. On April 12, King, along with several other prominent ministers and marchers, was arrested for violating a local ordinance against “parading, demonstrating,...