Foreword -- African religions -- Vodun -- For the Bamileke, death does not exist -- The Hogon foregoes physical contact -- Blue, the color of ritual death -- Sexual intercourse as mystical expression ...

In the Luo tribe of East Africa, widows follow a unique tradition of sleeping beside their husband’s dead body. The ritual signals emotional closure and determines when they may remarry. Scroll down ...

She has endured decades of vilification and professional isolation, but at the age of 72, Doctor Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni persists in her fight to end the deaths and misery from traditional circumcision ...

From subtle glances to cultural charm, these irresistible gestures often have men completely smitten without a word being said. There is something inexplicably powerful about subtlety. While grand ...

The National Human Rights Commission official raised the alarm against disinheritance of girls and widows, saying that people scrambled for late husbands' and fathers' property, "trying to disinherit ...