From initiation rites to harvest festivals, many traditional African rituals require participants to don masks and elaborate costumes that transform their wearers into spirits, beasts, or ancestral ...

A queer African-centric retreat is coming to California's central coast area later this month. The Rainbow Serpent retreat, titled "Harnessing the Power of Creation through African Ritual," will be ...

Not every archaeological discovery is made by opening the tomb of a long dead king. Indeed, some important finds seem inconsequential at first. Such as ostrich feathers stained with ochre, a leather ...