Shantrelle P. Lewis is a curator, filmmaker, and Yuroba practitioner from New Orleans, who began her journey into West African spirituality during a trip to Brazil. “I’ve been a practitioner ...

More than 400 years later, surrealist Salvador Dalí depicted the Crucifixion on a hypercube cross, a blend of science and spirituality ... casts Jesus as a West African savior and sets the ...

and many are now embracing spirituality and African traditions. Yvette Wyatt is the owner of Motown Witch. She opened a shop with the same name on Detroit's west side seven years ago, selling ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...

In a joyful expression of West African culture through dance, music and storytelling, the youth and professional dance companies from Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase the ...