For just £5 for three days (11 – 13 July), children aged 6 to 12 can take part in the UK’s biggest Afro-Cuban Dance Festival ...

It was a colourful sight at the gates of one Newcastle school when the children arrived in festive spirits ready to celebrate ...

In the gilded world of Hollywood, royalty is usually fictional, constructed through tiaras, fairy tales, and special effects.

In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as ... A Spanish ship transported him to Cuba, where he was sold to a white man who forced him to roll 400 cigars a day (if his pace ...

A watchdog report says the Cuban government has been increasing its repression, targeting religious freedom, dissent and humanitarian work across the country.

He sang for me a praise poem for Oshún, the orisha of the river. It was in a Yoruba dialect that's spoken in Cuba. Lilting and cadenced, the poem reminded me of the patter of gentle rain.

Pérez Paseiro's husband, ethnic Yoruba leader Loreto Hernández García, was not freed. The mass amnesty occurred after the U.S. announced it would remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of ...

But activists, Cuba observers and Washington insiders quickly ... including one minor, three Yoruba religious activists, people with medical issues and a woman who was pregnant while imprisoned ...

Activists, Cuba observers and Washington insiders quickly ... including one minor, three Yoruba religious activists, people with medical issues and a woman who was pregnant while imprisoned ...

The Alaafin must visit Cuba, Brazil, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. The new Alaafin is expected to put Oyo on the global map by unearthing, promoting, and sustaining the Yoruba race’s ...

During their annual ceremony, the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba warned of rituals needed to prevent negative outcomes in the coming year. Cuba is facing an economic crisis marked by ...

These Ifá priests operate separately from the Cultural Association of Yoruba in Cuba. Since 1986, they have been conducting their own ceremonies to forecast the year ahead. On December 31, 2024, the ...