Tattoos in African cultures largely act as symbols of identity and belonging. They may signify tribal affiliation or personal ...

Some Africans condemn their own indigenous practices because they have embraced western culture and its notions of civilised behaviour. The Europeans who colonised South Africa used Christianity, ...

Rites of passage Some of these ... He’d canvassed Murray Coetzee, Markram’s former captain at Pretoria Boys’ High, and skipper of the 2012 South African under-19s.

Analysis - It's nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. ... Traditional initiation is a cultural rite of passage.

Ghanaian playwright Latif Abubakar has called on filmmakers to move beyond the usual stories centred on love, crime, and ...

Before the 21st century, girls selected for Ovia Osese were mentored for months by the Iyodina, learning the values that ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - In honor of The Family Initiative, Inc. (TFI)’s 60th Anniversary, TFI is recognizing Nadine Terry. According to a press release from TFI, Terry has devoted nearly 40 years to ...

The Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park hosted a Juneteenth sleepover in the nation's first town of formerly enslaved people.

At a time when the nation remembers the liberation of the last enslaved people in the United States, the city Sunday ...

The Athens Juneteenth Music and Art Festival, organized by the Athens Anti-Discrimination movement, transformed College ...

As tourists head to airports this summer, American travelers are likely to see groups of young people in matching T-shirts awaiting flights to Latin America or further afield. Their T-shirts sport ...