The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

If you follow the spiritual girlies on social media, you’ve likely run across the phrase “glamour magic.” While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner ...

When Thérèse M’Boungoubaya set out to launch her bodycare brand Koba, she knew she wanted it to be rooted in natural, African-sourced ingredients — a nod to her Congolese roots (both her parents were ...

Some of the most talked-about beauty rituals sound shocking, uncomfortable, or outright unbelievable, yet they continue to resurface across cultures and decades. What connects them is not shock value ...