The Pan-African Connection Bookstore in Dallas has been holding daily Kwanzaa activities to bring the community together in celebration of the 7 principles of Kwanzaa: Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia ...

Two weeks after it was ordered to close temporarily on July 10, The People's Fridge has been authorized to reopen. The food pantry has catered to a broad cross-section of the community as a resource ...

For filmmaker Anthony Asota, a routine visit to Dallas in 2021 became a reclamation and an unexpected journey back to himself. What started out as a casual exploration of one of Dallas’ iconic Black ...

Akwete Tyehimba, CEO of the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center, pictured at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center. To close out Juneteenth weekend, the Pan-African ...

DALLAS — As Kwanzaa celebrations came to a close at the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center, drums delivered the final beat. “It’s an exhilaration,” Leo Hassan said. “It’s healing.” ...

For our Best of Dallas 2025 issue, celebrating banned books, we spoke with some of the players in Dallas’ book world, including Akwete Tyehimba from Pan-African Connection. Check back for our ...

On the Saturday morning of the "Twist and Ties" father-daughter natural hair workshop, Hailey Robinson and nine volunteers set up tables on the right back end of the Pan-African Connection bookstore.

Long before the release of Marvel’s “Black Panther,” independent bookstore and art gallery Pan-African Connection in Dallas celebrated heroes within the black community. Paintings of well-known ...

DALLAS — An Oak Cliff refrigerator meant to help people in need during the pandemic has been stolen. Hundreds of people relied on it weekly to get food. Now, the owner of the store where the ...

Bambata Tyehimba picked up an interest in fashion while catching flights to Africa as a kid. His parents, mom Akwete and dad Bandele, ran the Pan-African Connection bookstore, art gallery, and ...

To close out Juneteenth weekend, the Pan-African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center will host a second screening of the film At The Pan-African Connection at Angelika Film Center. The ...