On a Sunday morning in Kakamega County in western Kenya, two elderly women dust plastic chairs, open windows, and lay white linen on the tables at the As the traditional sport regains popularity, ...

Kashimawo, staged in London by Duke of Shomolu Productions, is a powerful, spiritual retelling of MKO Abiola’s legacy, ...

Sexuality – especially queer sexuality – has always been one of the most heavily policed themes in African film.

If the U.S. was a town of 100 people, 25 of them would attend religious services in person weekly or more often. Another ...

How can we tell if a depression treatment works beyond placebo? A new real-world method measuring placebo shows that ...

A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why ...

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

A TikTok video explaining ancestors through epigenetics and quantum entanglement went viral, gaining engagement from viewers ...

The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...