It's nearly winter in South Africa, which means the opening of winter initiation schools is approaching. These rituals mark a transition to adulthood and are deeply ingrained culturally. But they're ...

Namibia has held its first Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonisers in the early 1900s, in what is widely considered the first ...

Namibia has marked the mass killings of Indigenous people by former colonial ruler Germany in the early 20th century with its ...

Some Africans condemn their own indigenous practices because they have embraced western culture and its notions of civilised ...

After lengthy and sometimes acrimonious negotiations, Germany in 2021 recognised the killings by its settlers constituted a ...

San Jose State University, the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University are moving forward with cultural celebrations ...

The elation was tempered by news that Nelson Mandela, the revered anti-apartheid leader and former South African president, would not attend the ceremony. The 91-year-old Mandela is frail ...

African masks are an important part of the continent's cultural heritage, representing different tribes and traditions ...

Agribusiness Olam Agri has demonstrated pride in its roots and underlined its strong reputation as a top employer as it ...

In the fenceless safari zones of southern Kenya, the Maasai have lived for centuries in symbiosis with wildlife — and smaller ...

Africa Day is celebrated annually in May. The event is dedicated to celebrating the continent’s vast cultural heritage, ...