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Mufakose suburb recently hosted the 2025 edition of Chamba Chamakolo, a Gule Wamkulu gathering. The annual event is a joyful occasion for the Chewa community. A moment to reclaim, and assert pride in ...

The Namib, believed to be over 55 million years old, is one of the oldest deserts on Earth. Its iconic red dunes at ...

Shanka Tribe’s UMOJA EP blends tribal rhythms, world music, and electronic sounds into a powerful expression of unity and ...

From the rock shelters of southern Africa to the royal courts of Buganda, fluidity shaped ritual, healing, and community.

The Hopi are an aggregation of clans that came together at the “center-point” ( Tuuwanasavi) in northern Arizona during the course of their migrations. Because they are not a monolithic tribe, the ...

As the young children enthusiastically sang out phrases, Esau interjected occasionally to correct their pronunciation of the distinct sounds and deep clicks of her mother tongue, of which she is the ...

At 92, Katrina Esau fights to preserve N|uu, South Africa’s ancient San language, endangered with her as its last first-language speaker. She started a school, wrote a book, and helped create a ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

Those attending the Xaalh and the Way of the Masks ceremony lay their hands on a totem pole during a blessing led by The Rev. Dr. Jani Wild, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, on Saturday at ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...