The film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling novel, “Children of Blood and Bone,” is officially in the works at ...

Amandla Stenberg, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Idris Elba, and more have landed roles in the highly-anticipated film ...

Wole Soyinka and Late President Kwame Nkruma of Ghana In Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka condemns the notion that any of the major civilizations occurred in a vac­uum.

An elephant will never beget a rat. The Alaafin of Oyo’s ancestry is traced to Oduduwa, the famed progenitor of the Yoruba ...

DESPITE the prosecution threat by Governor Seyi Makinde GSM, the reported interrogation of anti-government Oyo Mesi members by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC for alleged bribery and ...

Yeeran and Lettle are sisters—Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army, while Lettle is a diviner. But when a fatal ... Red Wolf pulls from African mytholgy and history to tell the story of Tracker ...

Sand divination is an ancient African practice dating back thousands of years. It is inextricably linked to African ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in ...

The cowrie shells have been long revered in Black and African cultures, symbolizing community, protection, resistance, and ...

By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.