IN every African village lives a wealth of wisdom, from the grandmother who knows which roots cure a fever to the artisan who weaves symbols of identity into cloth. This rich inheritance, known as ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – A Cameroonian priest and intellectual has published a ground-breaking book that could potentially change the way African Traditional Religion is perceived by the Catholic Church.

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

The U.S. global food security envoy is pushing to bring back traditional African crops that American policies helped to sideline. By Somini Sengupta Cary Fowler once helped build an Arctic vault to ...

A traditional African diet rich in vegetables, fibre, and fermented foods can reverse inflammation and protect against chronic diseases in just two weeks, while Western diets exacerbate these ...

Share on Pinterest Switching to a traditional African diet helped protect against inflammation in a new study. Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images. Chronic inflammation is a major driver of lifestyle ...

Community members, commercial farmers and environmentalists are raising concerns that Jindal’s proposed $2 billion iron ore mine project, slated to be one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, ...

Pharmacist and Academic Lecturer (Pharmacy Practice Division, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand), University of the Witwatersrand Traditional medicines are part ...

Traditional healers are integral to the lives of many of us in Mzansi. They are custodians of cultural heritage, spiritual insight, and holistic wellness. Their sacred discipline is a living tradition ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...