Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

New evidence of cremation 9,500 years ago in south-central Africa challenges long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers ...

Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

Over three dozen young men in South Africa have died after taking part in circumcision initiation ceremonies. South African ...

Local authorities report that a large number of young men have died after being isolated at initiation schools.

Though no Jews live there today, the African territory has a history of Jewish merchants, and a tribal clan with a crypto-Jew ...

Democracy is at a cross road and the people have lost faith in our leaders who are professional politicians without ...

One of the most unusual practices is from the Mundari tribe, who use cow urine, which works as a natural antiseptic, insect ...

Meet the Tsimihety of Madagascar, an ethnic group of 1.2 million whose name means those who never cut their hair. Discover ...

The recent coup attempt in the small West African country of Benin underscores the increasing fragility of democracy on the ...