On Tanzania’s Lake Victoria’s Ukerewe Island, widowhood is not merely about loss—it is a passage that demands rituals to ...

On view at the New Orleans Museum of Art from April 4 through August 10, the exhibition will then embark on parallel tours to venues in North America and Africa.

Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different ...

The coercion of widows into participating in unwanted rituals contradicts the African philosophy of Ubuntu which emphasises ...

You may have money today and be broke tomorrow. But there are some incidents. Take for example when I wanted to produce ‘Ifa ...

“Anything you try can work.” Where it is not racked by war, military coups or jihadism, much of Africa is battling economic stagnation and double-digit inflation rates. Ivory Coast, a country ...

feels let down after the sacrifices he made Professor Tshepo Madlingozi - a member of South Africa's Human Rights Commission who spoke to the BBC in his personal capacity - says the effects of ...

During the Stone Age, humans in Europe and North Africa mostly lived as hunter-gatherers, gradually transitioning to farming and more complex societies during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age ...

In Mathura and Vrindavan, Holi is still celebrated with grand processions, temple rituals, and flower showers, honouring Krishna’s playful spirit. Holi is more than just a festival of colours ...

North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive ... aims to prevent price spikes and shortages that could put the ritual sacrifice out of reach for most Algerian families. The Ministries of ...

The use of drones by several African countries in their fight against armed groups is causing significant harm to civilians, according to a new report. More than 943 civilians have been killed in ...