Analysis - Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation, blessed with a rich and diverse culture, tradition, human and material resources, and immense potential. Yet, despite these strengths, a troubling ...

And some West African communities converted to Islam as early as the 700s when they encountered Arab-speaking Muslims ... that’s not a religion. Okay, back to African indigenous religions.

By recasting the European Renaissance style to depict the West African slave trade and tales of the Yorùbá spirits (known as orishas), Rosales contributes to a rewriting of art history’s ...

Voodoo originated in the West African country of Benin and later took shape in Haiti, during the transatlantic slave trade. Black was initiated to it in the Crescent City. “It’s a way of life ...

However, research shows a growing number of Black Americans are turning away from organized religion, and many are now embracing spirituality and African traditions. Yvette Wyatt is the owner of ...

Who Is Cardinal Peter Turkson. The 76-year-old, born into a modest family of 10 children, became the first clergyman from West Africa to receive a cardinal’s red hat, appointed by Pope John Paul ...