There Coffin Danceliterally “Dance with the coffin“It’s one funeral tradition widespread in some regions of West Africa, in ...

Check out modern dress styles in Ghana. The article shares images of some of the latest Kente, Ankara, Smock, Agbada, and ...

It’s not every day you get to declare your manhood at the age of 13. Yet 55 years ago this week, I did just that. No, I didn’t kill a bear or scale a large mountain, nor did I travel a great distance, ...

I am not sure Nigerians, earnestly awaiting PDP rites of passage will shed tears for PDP who, while in power, fought over sharing of our resources and properties kept in their care for our ...

But in recent years, the rites have been simplified. As Pope Francis has mandated, here are the steps that the ritual will follow. The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations.

The Akan people receive at least five different names throughout their lifetimes, each of which align with various rites of passage: birth, adulthood, marriage, eldership, and returning to the land of ...

Just about every man remembers his first fight. It’s a common rite of passage. Mine was when I was 8 years old, on the school bus, with a classmate who was teasing my younger sister. I stepped ...

Just about every man remembers his first fight. It’s a common rite of passage. Mine was when I was 8 years old, on the school bus, with a classmate who was teasing my younger sister. I stepped ...

The Akan people are predominantly found in the ... Traditional practices such as festivals, chieftaincy systems, and rites of passage vary across ethnic lines but collectively shape Ghana ...

The final rites of passage for the wife of former Governor of Oyo State, Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, Olori Tinuade (Nee Ayamolowo) begins today with Islamic prayers at ...

Mojang recently released a new Minecraft Bedrock DLC called Avatar: Rites of Passage, a collaboration between the game company and the popular Avatar film franchise. This is a paid DLC that ...