African culture

Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM) and imposed a three-year prison sentence for offenders, according to a newly amended law. The amendment to the criminal law was approved on 22 April, the Reuters news agency reports. Sudan is one of...

Mwaka Kogwa is a four-day festival held in Makunduchi, usually in late July. It is a celebration of the New Year and some of the events include huge bonfires and mock fights. The festival has its origins in Zoroastrian religion...

Kusasa Fumbi “Sexual cleansing” is a common practice in several African countries where a woman is expected to have sex after her first period, after becoming widowed, or after an abortion, as a cleansing ritual. For young girls Kusasa Fumbi...

Artifacts including but not limited to scepter, and objects of worship that were stolen by France during its colonial occupation of Benin have been returned to the West African nation of cotonou. The Artifacts were Looted from the Kingdom of...

The Nuba people have been wrestling for centuries and like other forms of Wrestling in Africa, the purpose of Nuba wrestling is to build group identity and display the prowess of the group's young men. The Nuba peoples are various...

All cultures and religions have their creation stories. One creation story is of the God Doondari who created the world from a drop of milk. The Fulani are a nomadic group of about 40 million, spread across West Africa’s...

None of the about 5000 inhabitants of Mafi Dove, a village in southern Ghana, was born there. The village is considered to be a holy land and consequently has a myriad of customs and traditions that have been upheld...

Countries that command cultural influence are often synonymous with fine food, fashion and easy living. They are trendsetters, the cool countries. Their products always trend. Their music, television and movies are absorbed by other cultures, becoming part of a...

Calabar festival is an annual cultural festival that displays African culture and heritage by means of music, dressing, drama and other cultural creativities. Calabar Festival Also tagged "Africa's Biggest Street Party", Calabar Festival was created as part of the vision...

A new museum in Africa that displays artworks from across the African Diaspora opened earlier this month, but it’s missing important pieces that Europe plundered during the colonial era. Senegal’s culture minister wants former colonial powers to return thousands of...