The Zulu monarchy, a symbol of heritage and cultural pride for the Zulu people, stands at a crossroads in contemporary South Africa. Recent events have highlighted the tension between tradition and ...

In the city of New Orleans near the mouth of Jackson Avenue as it crosses South Claiborne Avenue, families adorned in purple, green and yellow sit in rows of foldout chairs lining the lawns of ...

Every Mardi Gras Day, Zulu marchers and riders paint their faces black before they hit the streets. It’s a practice that’s as old as the organization, which first paraded more than a century ago. And ...

Another Mardi Gras has begun, and it’s not unlike one Malcolm Suber witnessed for the first time 40 years ago, when he had recently moved to the city of jazz. He stood waiting in similar crowds, ...

The nation's sudden fixation with blackface hasn’t escaped Chelsea Clinton. The former First Daughter took to Twitter on Tuesday to comment on a recent poll showing roughly a third of Americans still ...

The notion that Zulu tradition trumps the odious symbolism of blackface from early 20th-century minstrelsy is all but a given in New Orleans. But as a blackface scandal rocks the Virginia statehouse ...

Like a glittering prize on Mardi Gras morning, the Allen-James family of Treme carefully hands down the art of decorating Zulu coconuts. A couple of weeks before Carnival day, a purple plastic ...

NEW ORLEANS — One group says they are planning to speak out Thursday against the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's tradition of using black makeup for its Mardi Gras float riders. Take Em Down NOLA ...

The nation's sudden fixation with blackface hasn't escaped Chelsea Clinton. The former first daughter took to Twitter on Tuesday to comment on a recent poll showing roughly a third of Americans still ...

The recent tirade by Ngizwe Mchunu against a gay couple’s traditional wedding attire was more than a crude assault on the LGBQTIA+ community; it was an affront to our Constitution and a betrayal of ...

DJ Warras’ funeral in Johannesburg celebrated his life and heritage, with sons and pallbearers honouring him in traditional ...

King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, has died aged 72 after being hospitalized for more than a month, his family announced Friday. Zwelithini had health ...