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In the 1970s and '80s, the members of Orchestra Baobab were the masters of Afro-Cuban music. After prodding by the man behind the Buena Vista Social Club, the Senegalese group has returned to the stage.

The alluvial plain that is the Mississippi Delta was once home to a thriving cotton plantation economy. But the decline of manual labor and exodus of manufacturing jobs have made difficult conditions worse in one of the nation's poorest regions.

The race in the newly created district has seen party infighting, mysterious ties to cryptocurrency and a complaint to the Federal Election Commission.

Our commentator explains how the rabbi's wife led him back to the African-American cuisine of his childhood.

Hip-hop didn't always have a violent reputation. In fact, for many in the African-American community it was a revolution and a redemption. Author Jeff Chang chronicles the history of rap in his book Can't Stop, Won't Stop and how it continues to transform the world of popular music.

Across the country this month, hundreds of museums are highlighting the unique history of African-Americans. In Baltimore, the National Great Blacks in Wax museum is marking Black History Month.

Cook is only the second of Biden's five nominees for the Fed to win Senate confirmation. His Fed choices have faced an unusual level of partisan opposition.

David Robinson is the son of baseball legend Jackie Robinson; but his struggle has been to bring a fair price to coffee growers in Tanzania. Robinson founded the Mshikamano Farmers Group in the East African country. The Mshikamanos are exhibiting at the annual Festival of American Folklife, put on by the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington.

Eleven days after her return, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is still making headlines. Other missing women, such as Lori Hacking and Laci Peterson, sparked similar media frenzy. But not all such cases get the same level of coverage. Ed Gordon discusses the investigation of Tamika Huston, a missing African-American woman in South Carolina, whose story has failed to make national headlines. Guests: Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, and Sylvester Monroe, editor of the Atlanta & the World section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

King Sunny Ade is one of the founders of world music. The Nigerian star and his band have toured the U.S. many times, but never African style, which includes interactive elements known as "spraying" and "praise singing." King Sunny Ade tells Scott Simon how American fans are responding.