Yinka Animashaun and her husband Nitin at their 2019 wedding (Nana Annan Photography)

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Yinka and Nitin (Courtesy of Yinka Animashaun)

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Dwayne Marsh and Farzana Serang (Marsh/Serang family)

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A woman prepares injera, a sour fermented flatbread with a slightly spongy texture, in a bakery in Addis Ababa, on June 12, 2021 (EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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This painting of Sidi Masud Khan, a habshi minister at the court of Bijapur. Masud Khan remained in power until 1683, not long before Bijapur fell to the Mughals. He then moved to Adoni in the Kurnool district, where he governed for a short time and built a mosque. (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford)

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Flipperachi and Akshaye Khanna in 'Dhurandhar' for "Fa9la" (The Juggernaut)

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Onijah Robinson (Neha Marina for The Juggernaut)

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Trinidadian doubles (Barry Ramkissoon / EyeEm / Getty)

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28-year-old Rupa has her hair shaved to donate at the Thiruthani Murugan Temple November 10, 2016 in Thiruttani, India (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images).

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Alaudin Ullah's father, Habib Ullah, with his family in Spanish Harlem (Courtesy of Vivek Bald and Habib Ullah Jr.)

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Members of the Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Black Sash Movement march to South Africa House, 1956 (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Doja Cat perform during iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2021 on December 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

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The Dharavi branch of the Dalit Panthers of India in the 1970s

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Shah Rukh Khan attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 (Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)

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Fifteen of our favorite stories on the often-overlooked, intertwined histories of Black and South Asian communities.

Celebrating Black History Month: 2026

Fifteen of our favorite stories on the often-overlooked, intertwined histories of Black and South Asian communities.