We’ve all heard how Mediterranean, Japanese and other traditional diets can work wonders for our health, but what if the tables were turned? In a bold new experiment, researchers asked Tanzanian men ...

The Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” attracts millions of people worldwide to honor the lives of those who have passed on with festive celebrations, parades, feasts, flowers, ...

BALTIMORE -- The Rev. Maurice Blackwell was beloved by many of Baltimore's black Catholics for infusing the religion with African-American rituals, such as hanging kente cloths and having couples ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and ...

A female Congo African grey parrot does not like its owner's ailing father – and mocks the man's chronic cough by making mimicking sounds. The rescue parrot's name is Jack, although it's a female – ...

African Beauty has come to western shelves and helped me connect to my culture. Here are the brands making an impact. Like many Black Americans of African descent, I grew up removed from my heritage.

TRAVERSE CITY Gene Jenneman is better known for his art than his music acumen, but he knew he was onto something good when he heard the African Guitar Summit. "I went to Toronto to hear them perform ...

The scent of burning copal filled the air as Aztec dancers, bedecked in feathered headdresses and wearing shell-embellished ankle cuffs, blessed an intersection bordering Little Village and North ...

The men robbed the graves of an African American cemetery to practice ancient religious rituals, authorities say. They also left behind DNA evidence. Two Polk County men are accused of robbing four ...

FILE - This Dec. 7, 2012 file photo shows The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Navy has investigated the case of a sailor who didn't salute as the national anthem played during a ...

The Thaipusam kavadi ritual is held in honor of the Hindu god Murugan Source: Photo by Dimitris Xygalatas In the highlands of East Africa, an odd ritual takes place every year. At the end of the rainy ...

African leaders, jurists, and anti-trafficking advocates have launched what they described as a “moral rebellion” to rescue the continent from the scourge of ritual killings and human trafficking.