One of the central elements of the condition of Black youth in the U.S. is that they are being socialized in a society full of dehumanizing systems. Pop culture, public education, politics and a host ...

Journal of Humanities, Vol. 31, No. 2 (2023), pp. 1-21 (21 pages) Engaging the African Feminist ideological framework, this paper explores the intersection between African female initiation rites and ...

PITTSFIELD — If you ask the young women of the Rites of Passage and Empowerment, or R.O.P.E., Group what they'll remember from their spring trip to South Africa, they're eager to talk about the kids ...

A line of young men makes its way into a hushed ballroom. Fathers, mothers, mentors and friends dressed in traditional formal African attire eye the ones they raised, chided and guided. The solemn ...

It's human nature to worry about the next generation. That's why cultures across the globe have coming-of-age rituals designed to smooth the transition into adulthood and help kids learn what is ...

Beyond the issue of the clinical applications and psychedelic research, enormous issues of personal freedom are at stake. Researchers require academic freedom to choose the focus of their research and ...

Rituals like graduations and weddings are few and far between for older adults. Some are finding ways to honor their momentous occasions. By Paula Span Harry Oxman’s bar mitzvah at the Society Hill ...

In the late summer of 2019, Claude Stephens, director of Bernheim’s Children at Play Network, walked into the office of Play Cousins Family Network Collective, a family outreach organization in ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says 11 young men have died so far this year in botched circumcision rituals that have killed hundreds in past years. The government said in a ...

Harry Oxman’s bar mitzvah at the Society Hill Synagogue in Philadelphia looked much like the traditional Saturday morning event. He recited the customary prayers before and after the Torah reading. He ...