From MSNBC: DAKAR – Senegal’s monument to the “African Renaissance” will be formally unveiled before foreign dignitaries and celebrities on Saturday.

From the NY Times: For nearly 50 years, the Harlem School of the Arts has given generations of mostly black and Latino children entree into worlds often otherwise out of their reach. It put violins and other orchestral instruments in their hands, ballet slippers on their feet and Shakespeare on their tongues.

From CNN: Abetifi, Ghana — A former teacher has just graduated from university in Ghana — aged 99.

From the Washington Post: President Obama will worship with a District congregation this Easter Sunday, a visit that comes at a time when president has been quietly working to improve his ties with faith leaders, particularly those in the African American community.

DALLAS — Neosoul singer Erykah Badu faces a disorderly conduct charge for her nude music video shoot in downtown Dallas’ Dealey Plaza.