I’ve been an ‘Afro-centric,’ devout Christian since my early adolescence. African cultural traditions have always fascinated me. While studying anthropology as an undergraduate, I learned about Orisha ...

I recently travelled across Cuba, an island in the Caribbean still developing, due to the economic embargo put in place by its closest neighbour, the United States of America after the socialist ...

Brilliant strips of cloth fly out from the dancer as he whirls to the rhythmic pounding of African drums. He lunges in mock attack as surrounding priestesses bow and chant centuries-old tribal songs ...

The Executive Secretary/CEO, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Otunba Biodun Ajiboye has described the total concept of Rio de Janeiro Carnival as one that is predicated on Yoruba ...

Research in African Literatures, Vol. 40, No. 1, Oral Literature and Identity Formation in Africa and the Diaspora (Spring, 2009), pp. 127-136 (10 pages) This paper discusses two bodies of songs from ...

Not long after Beyoncé broke the internet with the release of her visual album Lemonade Saturday night, various interpretations of the meaning behind the one-hour visual album hit social media.

“The Half-God of Rainfall” is populated by gods: the rulers of Mount Olympus from Greek mythology, Yoruba deities from West Africa, the basketball gods of the NBA. But actor Jason Bowen explains that ...

Millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic as slaves Feast, an ambitious and visually striking play that celebrates West Africa's Yoruba culture and its impact in the Americas and ...

Not long after Beyoncé broke the internet with the release of her visual album Lemonade Saturday night, various interpretations of the meaning behind the one-hour visual album hit social media.