These supernatural beings include both gods and goddesses and they always came with interesting tales. Here are five African goddesses with quite an interesting history. Queen Modjadji or the Rain ...

Ala is the mother of morality, death, fertility, and all things.  She is vital in the Igbo's timing of planting and harvest. She is appeased and prayed to bring a good harvest and worshipped ...

I grew up fearing Mami Wata, a mermaid-like deity — half-woman, half-aquatic creature — that is of prominence in many parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and other points of the diaspora.

African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex indigenou African religions include Islam and Christianity, but also hundreds of diverse and complex ...

An ongoing archaeological dig in Sudan has unearthed fascinating Nubian artifacts from sub-Saharan empires where women held power and prestige. The artifacts also contain remnants of the ...

Upon entering Harmonia Rosales’s show Entwined, on view now through May 1 at UC Santa Barbara’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum (AD&A), one could easily imagine having stumbled into a gallery ...

Foreword -- African religions -- Vodun -- For the Bamileke, death does not exist -- The Hogon foregoes physical contact -- Blue, the color of ritual death -- Sexual intercourse as mystical expression ...