Beyond Reason: History’s Most Bizarre Cults
Numerous cults have made headlines throughout history for their extreme rituals, beliefs, and sometimes violent behavior. Most have been implicated ...
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Red Flags: Are you in a Cult?
People have been attracted and terrified by cults for many years. While many cults first appear to be harmless, their ...
Zulus Commemorate Anniversary of Epic Win Over British in South Africa
Wearing ceremonial animal hides, bone necklaces and brandishing spears, the Zulu warriors prepared for battle against the British redcoats on ...
US, Africa Histories ‘Intimately Connected’ by Slavery: Yellen
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday the histories of the United States and Africa were "intimately connected" by the "tragedy" ...
S.Africa’s First Democratic Parliament Speaker Dies Aged 90
Anti-apartheid activist Frene Ginwala, the speaker of South Africa's first democratic elected parliament and the first woman to hold the ...
Macron Says Won’t Apologize to Algeria for Colonization
President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonization but hopes to continue working ...
Prosecuted S.African Ex-Apartheid Minister Dies: Statement
Adriaan Vlok, a feared minister under South Africa's apartheid system and one of its few high-ranking officials to be prosecuted, ...
New Movie Turns Spotlight on France’s Forgotten Colonial troops
"They made us join up to wage war," said Ndiogou Dieye, 103, casting his memory back more than eight decades ...
French Star Omar Sy Returns to Senegalese Roots for WWI Movie
One of France's best-loved stars, Omar Sy, has returned to his Senegalese roots for a movie about colonial troops who ...
Berlin Says Goodbye to Part of Germany’s Colonial Past
Berlin on Friday stripped a street and a square of German colonialists' names and dedicated them to African resistance figures, ...
‘Our Home’ Lesotho’s Last Cave Dwellers
Inside a dimly lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, ...
Benin Welcomes Hollywood Take on Women Warriors
Benin's historic female warriors known as the Amazons of Dahomey are legendary across West Africa, but a Hollywood production is ...
Top Kenyan Photographer’s Unseen Images of the Queen
Queen Elizabeth II smiling at children waving Kenyan flags and the Union Jack, alighting from the "Royal Train "or shaking ...
Maputo neighbourhood is ‘living museum’ of Mozambique’s culture
Turn a corner in Mozambique's seaside capital Maputo, and the skyline vanishes. Colonial Portuguese buildings and mid-century modernist apartment blocks ...
Mandela ally reflects on crises as S.Africa celebrates freedom
As South Africa on Wednesday marks a key date in the fight against apartheid, one of the last surviving leaders ...
Belgium gives DR Congo inventory of looted artefacts
Belgium on Thursday gave the DR Congo an inventory of tens of thousands of art objects from the former Belgian ...
Journalists Believe News and Opinion are Separate, but Readers Can’t Tell the Difference
The New York Times opinion editor James Bennet resigned recently after the paper published a controversial opinion essay by U.S. ...