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Historian and academic Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto, PhD, has taken office as the new director-general of the National Archives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first black woman to hold the position, she is responsible for valuing and promoting the diversity of the collection, in addition to making access to the institution, created 185 years […]

On Monday, June 19, 2023, the Palmares Cultural Foundation, PAHM’s partner in Brazil, received a special donation of 80 films from the Cine Group which provide a detailed overview of the lives of the people of Africa. The Brazil DNA Africa project aims to facilitate the return to Africa of 4.8 million Africans brought to […]

On the occasion of Afrocolombiadad Anniversary and the launch of the Pan African Heritage Museum in Colombia, the Governor of the Cauca Province has awarded the PAHM Founder the “Jose Hilario Lopez”, the highest state medal, the “leader of Panafricanism”. In an accompanying citation, Governor Elias Larrahondo Carabali noted that the award, the “highest distinction” […]

PAHM Founder will be hosted on African Union Day by the Governor of Cauca Province of Colombia as part of their Afrocolombiadad festival. The Pan African Heritage Museum will be launched. Meet the Governor Elias Larrahondo Carabali.

Dr Joao Jorge Rodriguez, the President of Palmares Cultural Foundation, has welcomed the Pan African Heritage Museum delegation to Brazil with the hope that it will open more doors to stronger cultural ties with Africa. Dr Rodriguez told the PAHM delegation that they fully shared the vision and mission of the Museum and would do […]

The Founder and Executive Chairman of the Pan African Heritage Museum, Kojo Yankah, is in Brazil at the invitation of the PAHM Chapter, the Palmares Foundation and CULTNE Institute. On Monday, 8th May, he did a presentation on the Museum to about 40 diplomats at the Residence of Ghana’s Ambassador to Brazil, Professor Abena Busia, […]