Mama African Marketplace, the beloved South Side community anchor, will be missed by local youth, families, and vendors.

"I believe in miracles, so that's why I can be happy," owner Lakiesha Ifarinu Williams said. “The same way I came to this ...

He knows exactly how to set her off!

Dozens of dancers, drummers and spectators filled Mama Africa’s Marketplace in South Shore for a spiritual ceremony in ...

It looks like a South Shore neighborhood staple is going to have to close its doors for good, if the shop can't find a ...

Claudia Wanki concedes that the name of her 8-month-old restaurant, Mama D’s African Cuisine, reveals the genesis of her cooking only in the broadest sense: 54 nations share the planet’s second ...

Yemi Alade is a Nigerian artist who grew up moving from place to place as her policeman father was assigned to different posts around the country. But her nickname speaks to a broader sense of ...