Forbes

How The Mardi Gras Indians Honor The African And Indigenous Cultures Of New Orleans

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal Street stopped ...
insider.si.edu

African traditions in the study of religion in Africa : emerging trends, indigenous spirituality and the interface with other world religions / [edited by] Afe Adogame, Ezra ...

Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa / Ezra Chitando, Afe Adogame, Bolaji Bateye -- ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique / Umar Habila Dadem ...
The Nation Newspaper

African writers must embrace indigenous languages to reclaim history — Mohammed

FORMER Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged African writers to embrace indigenous languages in order to reclaim their history and cultural identity. Mohammed, who is also the ...
standardmedia.co.ke

Elevate Africa's indigenous knowledge to achieve sustainable development

UNESCO defines indigenous knowledge as the knowledge, innovations, and practices of indigenous and local communities that have been developed over generations and passed down either orally or through ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Africa's Congo Basin, Indigenous peoples lose homes to conservation efforts

Bernard Messono today lives by the roadside. A 28-year-old Indigenous Baka man from Elango village in Cameroon's East Region, he was forced out of his natural home in the forest by encroaching logging ...