JOHANNESBURG -- The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast. In 2012, Asanda lost his penis to gangrene in ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Whirling masked spirits clad in raffia and laughing children daubed with clay dance across the pages of "African Twilight", the latest book by two photographers documenting rapidly ...

From the first rhythmic slaps of their bare feet as they stomp onto the stage of the Getz Theatre, the five men of ”Asinamali!” are out to engage their audience in an extraordinary ritual of rage and ...

Zambia's capital Lusaka was the site of rioting and xenophobic violence in April, with disgruntled locals sabotaging businesses belonging to foreign nationals, including Rwandan refugees. The riots ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — The bellowing of a bull before a ritual slaughter is a joyous sign to many South Africans that their ancestors have accepted the animal’s sacrifice. But to others, it is ...

Superstition, an irrational belief in paranormal influences or a false attribution of events, is an age-old phenomenon found in probably all human societies or cultures. It encompasses a wide range of ...

Khoikhoi of South Africa dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures—aquatint by Samuel Daniell (1805). Pastoralism has a rich history in Africa, spreading from the Saharan region to ...