NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to writer Rhianna Jones, who is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro. There are over 2,800 official emojis. You know those little ...

Many people connected to the African diaspora have Afros. And like anyone else, they send emojis to their friends — a zombie, say, or a mermaid or a genie. Right now, 2,823 emojis are recognized by ...

Some emojis are cooler than others – just ask Gen Z about laugh-cry – but new ones are always a cause for celebration. They include an afro comb emoji, a shaking face and a Khanda, the symbol of the ...

Ayoola Daramola, the Nigerian-American team lead of the app, said he believes that the idea is plugging into a key demographic that's been largely ignored in the tech world. In a press release, ...

We can finally boast our ginger pride in emoji form thanks to the new emoji update coming sometime in the second half of 2018. Also included in the rollout will be bald emoji, a natural hair/afro ...

A shaking head, pair of high-fiving hands and an afro comb are all set to head to smartphones over the next year as the draft list for Emoji 15.0 is revealed. Three new shades of heart have been ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to writer Rhianna Jones, who is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro. Petitioning For An Afro Emoji LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There ...