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Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the ...

Not every archaeological discovery is made by opening the tomb of a long dead king. Indeed, some important finds seem inconsequential at first. Such as ostrich feathers stained with ochre, a leather ...

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The scent of burning copal filled the air as Aztec dancers, bedecked in feathered headdresses and wearing shell-embellished ankle cuffs, blessed an intersection bordering Little Village and North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baptism ceremony in the Mbashe river in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images Water is a ...