Get a rare look at the man behind the music as we follow Senegalese-American recording artist, Akon.

Actor Isaiah Washington discovers through a DNA test that his roots are in Sierra Leone.

We experience the beauty and danger of this sport through the eyes of five African boxers.

Fela's famous offspring, Femi & Seun share intimate stories of their dad the legendary musician Fela Kuti See

A delegation of Oscar-nominated and award- winning filmmakers descend on Rwanda's Film Festival.

Love for his native Rwanda inspires visual artist Epa Binamungu at his Inganzo Art Gallery in Kigali.

Watch as Bono choreographs the world's most glamorous and historic figures into seminal images shot by iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Trace the history of the Ashanti Kingdom's Golden Stool from 1695 to present day Ghana.

Celebrate the life of Lebo, South Africa's answer to America's Madonna.

The Caribbean meets Hollywood to celebrate the cultural heritage of the West Indies!

Take an emotional trip into the heart of NBA star Dikembe Mutombo as he returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo to build a new hospital in honor of his mother.

The Abyssinian Baptist Church is raising money at a first of its kind auction for Ethiopia Through Art.

Relive the moving and historic trip to Ghana by U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Family.

Explore Kenyan culture underneath the pervasive Western influences and you will find the real Kenyan.

We journey to Nigeria's Benue River Valley, source of the Continent's most compelling abstract sculpture and explore why this place in sub-Saharan Africa brings forth some of the most stunning, inventive art on earth.

We visit Jamaica's barefoot Rastafarian dub poet, Mutabaruka.

Celebrate the 50th birthday of sub-Saharan Africa's first independent state.

Out of Africa and into the heart of Hollywood, Kenyan film and culture shine at a Universal Studios' special event highlighting East Africa.

Meet the descendants of a group of 18th Century slaves who fought plantation owners for their right to remain free. Actress and author Victoria Rowell takes to the Cockpit Mountains of Jamaica to discover the courageous legacy of a forgotten people.

This deeply emotional, exclusive tour of the Kigali Memorial Centre commemorates the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies, from beads, shells, and iron forms weighing 100 pounds.

The wives of Africa's heads of state come to LA for the US Doctors for Africa Health and Education Summit.

4 powerhouse New Yorkers share their stories of what it means to be first generation African immigrants in America. Social Entrepreneur Chid Liberty, Everyday People's DJ Moma, jewelry artist Sewit Sium, and the CEO of Birthright Africa Walla Elsheikh.