Two leopards and their majestic rosettes shimmering in the speckled sunlight, engage in the tender ritual of mutual grooming.

These rituals, which commemorate the passage from childhood to maturity, are an integral element of many South African ...

West Africa is fast gaining recognition for its ... For the intrepid and inquisitive traveller, an extraordinary realm of ancient rituals, trances and fetishes awaits discovery.

Videos on the popular social networking site Facebook claimed Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, used a real human head to perform ritualsThose circulating the claim insinuated that Ooni of Ife was ...

Keep reading to discover the benefits of a homemade turmeric face mask, the multiple uses African black soap has ... an inherent part of my routine: the ritual of making the mask and slathering ...

Ritual baths, in particular ... Steaming is one of the most sacred wellness practices across African and Caribbean cultures. For example, yoni steaming—also known as vaginal steaming or V ...

Tudor Parfitt, the protagonist of the NOVA documentary "Lost Tribes of Israel," made a journey through southern Africa to study ... some of their most sacred rituals. He came to the conclusion ...

slaves merged African traditions and folklore with colonial rituals to create their own fete. ST. CROIXCarnival in St. Croix is celebrated as it is in much of the British-colonized Caribbean ...

The system simply runs its course. This nuanced portrayal is refreshing, especially in an industry that often demonises African spiritual practices while glorifying foreign religious influences.