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 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 ...

Majorities in the six countries surveyed believe in God, in life after death, and that spells, curses or other magic can ...

I grew up in Malawi with Sunday school teachers who treated anything linked to “voodoo” as danger in capital letters.

Traditional Leaders Organisation Contralesa has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to reprimand Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe for his utterances that all minerals found in South ...

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has emphasised the vital role of traditional leadership in maintaining community stability and enhancing ...

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has emphasised the vital role of traditional leadership in maintaining community stability and enhancing ...