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Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of a three-day festival (some believe longer) known as Carnival, characterized by ...

From The Reluctant Dead, her first horror book; Unhallowed Graves, her second to The Sleepless, her latest and to other books ...

Why is the HR manager who issued the letter not fired? Voodoo is a marriage of African traditions intertwined with Christian practices mostly practised in Haiti. It is considered a religion and ...

In 1760 the Tacky Slave Rebellion on the island of Jamaica resulted in the passage of a law targeting all forms of African spirituality .

Samsung gave the Galaxy S25 an imperceptible update and it amplifies all the issues that is making the company lose market ...

Varun Chakaravarthy's resurgence in cricket sees him rise from lows to become India's secret weapon in the Champions Trophy.

I’d wager the over/under on how many crunches Taylor-Johnson did in preparation for the role is approximately 10 billion.

In her HelloBeautiful cover story, Wunmi Mosaku opens up about playing a Hoodoo conjurer in Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners,' Ruth E.

Several models were accessorized in a multicolored striped tie, clearly a nod to West Africa’s aesthetic jaunt ... will probably reject any notion of Voodoo or ancient religion, the expression ...

Edward Curtis, who studies Islam in America, says that for some African American Muslims, Ramadan food “might include halal ...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Mark Twain, 1835-1910, Vanguard Book Of Quo­tations, VBQ p 130 History does not repeat itself; Nigerian govern­ments do. Late in 2013, ...