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Unknown to most people, and often considered a mere folkloric tradition, the Shango ritual plays an important role in the lives of many inhabitants of the islands of Trinidad and Togabo. The Shango is a religious ritual, which is still practiced today in the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Many of the two Caribbean islands’ […]

Issa Kouyaté is the Founder and Director of Maison de la Gare, a shelter in Senegal for hundreds of street children, often called talibés, to give them hope for a better future. He is a familiar presence on the streets of Saint Louis, in northern Senegal and can be easily seen walking or cycling, particularly

Sister Infant Tresa, Catholic sister and yoga teacher fosters health and hope through the ancient tradition of yoga. “I had severe back pain and wheezing while studying nursing in Kerala in 1976. I took medicine for a long time. But the pain was always strong. In 1985, I met a yoga guru who came to

From the dusty streets of the townships to dance theatres. The dream of many girls and boys. It is Saturday and the sun is setting on the shacks of Khayelitsha, a suburb on the outskirts of Cape Town. Sikhumbuzo Haleni is exhausted; he has just got off the bus and is walking home, his legs

The Dinka people are the largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They live mostly in the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions. They are mainly agri-pastoral people. The conflict-reconciliation resolution is an important event in Dinka society. The conflict-reconciliation cycle has four components:

The Puruhaes are an indigenous people who live in the provinces of Chimborazo, Bolivar, Tungurahua and part of Cotopaxi, in the central area of the Andean Region of Ecuador. Today, they are around 200,000 people. Two indigenous leaders of these communities explain the meaning of Sumak Kawsay. Sumak and Kawsay are two ancient words from the

The desire for protection and justice takes on non-human appearances – the guardian of the night. The Pla, an ethnic group of fishermen, live in Gbecon, which is a small village on the banks of the Mono river in southern Benin. These people are particularly devoted to the worship of Zangbeto, the guardian of the

From the slums of Tondo, Manila, this 18-year-old painstakingly earned her place in the international spotlight as a professional and competitive ballerina. In Tondo, which is the biggest slum in Manila located around one of the largest open-air dumps in the world, the ‘Smokey Mountain’, people go to the dump in search of food or