In a remote village in Ivory Coast, we were invited to witness a ritual few outsiders ever see. Komia priestesses claimed they could communicate with ancestors through spiritual possession. During the ...

The artist has spent three decades changing the face of African art, and has just won the prestigious Hasselblad award. But they say the win isn’t about them – it’s for under-represented people still ...

A video showing an initiate performing a ritual with a chicken on his head sparked mixed reactions as South Africans debated culture and tradition.

Want to get a good workout in while also healing your ancestral trauma? It’s not usually something you can do at the same ...

Nathan Chasing Horse’s sentencing for sexual assaults against Indigenous women and girls has been pushed back by a week.

The author tells how chronicling the sex lives of African women led her to many examples of openness around the body grounded in love and care ...

Before South African high school students complete their final exams, they first walk the red carpet, pulling out all the stops for their celebratory matriculation, or ‘matric,’ balls. The ...

Last month, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—better known to most of the world as Bad Bunny—brought over one hundred million ...

IN Zimbabwe, hunhu is a cultural belief system that instructs us to embrace our neighbours, honour our elders and respect each other’s rights. Also known as ubuntu, it’s a way of being that resonates ...

Across Africa’s vast landscapes, the disappearance of wildlife is measurable and accelerated, yet increasingly invisible. In Ghost Elephants, conservation ...

The opera director—whose Met début, “Tristan und Isolde,” premières next week—discusses a few of his influences.

THE BROTHERS SIZE, a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney (co-writer of 2017 Best Picture Oscar “Moonlight” fame), directed by Curtis Lovell, starring Cordell Hopkins, Cory McCants, and Enoch Gray. 2/27 – ...