Hughes’ desire to write “Black Nativity” was his attempt to reclaim the story of Jesus’ birth for African Americans – to show the son of God, the ultimate salvation, emerging from the ...

A featured soloist in Penumbra Theatre’s “Black Nativity,” Oglesby infuses ... set about retelling the story of the birth of Jesus in “Nativity,” he found parallels with the African ...

One artist who collaborated on creating the Nativity, Faten Nastas Mitwasi, told RNS that Palestinian officials had placed the keffiyeh, a black and ... with the baby Jesus, papal spokesperson ...