Dressed in handmade coconut masks with horns and flamboyant costumes, they represent a blend of Spanish, African and Taíno traditions dating back to the Middle Ages. Over time, the vejigante ...

Among them are a carved ivory hunting horn from Sierra Leone dating to ... Included also are traditional African masks and objects, large and small, that have never been exhibited before.

South Africa's Wildlife Forensic Academy is a training centre aiming to fight poaching by teaching investigation skills to ...

I’m penning this introduction to our latest best of the month chart beneath the blazing heat of May Day. It’s a date that I’ve noticed is being marked more and more within the music scene – I’ve had ...

Observers say the country is still on a knife edge with politically-motivated purges targeting Machar allies who are either dismissed from their positions or detained.

Assimilating the sound of hard-driving African ... Horn Rob's Captain Beefheart Experience, Bill Harkleroad describes the experiece: “I spent nine months learning the parts to Trout Mask.

“‘Sweetie,’ similar to ‘Three piece suit,’ is a salute to West African disco music from the 80s/90s. Horn led and playful ... the men wearing skincare masks, going out for massages ...

CAPE TOWN, April 22 —The rhino lay frozen in the sand, its grey legs stiff, glassy eyes open, horn ... mask and blue plastic gloves—carefully laid down yellow markers next to each footprint ...

In their own words: “He called out the hypocrisy of a nation that would espouse the ideals of freedom, liberty, justice and equality, while enslaving people of African descent on ... who solved Sunday ...

A lone buffalo doesn't stand much chance against a ferocious lion, but fortunately, cape buffalo are rarely alone.

South African artist Suné Horn found inspiration when she began to see the archetypal shape of a house as a metaphor. “I was walking with people who at the time were having an argument ...

Seized queen ants are valued at US$9,300 locally but could have fetched US$1 million in Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com ...