Kwa chant about the disappearance of an African boy, Equiano This African chant mourns the loss of Olaudah Equiano, an 11-year-old boy and son of an African tribal leader who was kidnapped in 1755 ...

Parfitt spent many months with the Lemba, meeting their tribal and religious ... that the origin of many of the Lemba traditions was indeed Semitic, not African. But whether these traditions ...

and the rich African musical heritage that they carried with them was part of the foundation of a new American musical culture that mixed African traditions with those of Europe and the Americas.

Analysis - African monarchies are important figures in their countries. In South Africa, many Zulu people are strongly tied to the royal family and indigenous laws of dispute resolution, including ...

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A group of men enjoying busaa at a slum in Nairobi. [File, Standard] In traditional ...

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Roman-Dutch law is a fusion of English customary laws, Germanic tribal laws and Roman law forms. It forms the basis of South African common law. Balancing indigenous laws and Roman-Dutch law is ...