South Africa’s cold weather has arrived – some tips on how to stay warm and safe
The first cold fronts have already reached the country’s south-western regions of Cape Town and surrounds, and the interior has started to experience cooler weather
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IGBO FAMILIES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES
One of the remarkable things about the socio-cultural life of the Igbo ethnic group is their ability to provide communal support to each other, especially in times of great need.
A May Memorial Salute
Let’s bring on the patriotic pomp and circumstance with these upcoming low-cost or free neighborhood festivities, plus some other non-Memorial Day nuggets.
CELEBRATION OF LOVE – AN IGBO WEDDING
Igba Nkwu Nwanyi is the Igbo traditional marriage ceremony celebrating love.
Cleopatra’s skin color didn’t matter in ancient Egypt – her strategic role in world history did
Much debate has raged about her ethnicity. The queen was of Greek ancestry. In the Netflix series she’s played by a black actress.
The Amazing Black Woman Behind Some Of The Biggest Black Art Exhibits In America
Pauline Forlenza, Director of The American Federation of Arts (AFA) has been at the forefront of curating exhibits nationwide that highlight the work of Black artists and increase access to diverse audiences.
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America.
Losing a grandmother can have long-lasting mental health effects for kids and adolescents, a new study finds
Losing a grandparent can increase adolescents’ risk of having a depressed parent and of having higher depressive symptoms themselves.
Air pollution harms the brain and mental health, too – a large-scale analysis documents effects on brain regions associated with emotions
People who breathe polluted air experience changes within the brain regions that control emotions, and as a result, they may be more likely to develop anxiety and depression than those who breathe cleaner air.
Helping male victims of domestic abuse can benefit society as a whole
Men who experience violence, and efforts to prevent violence against men and boys, are conspicuously lacking from the gender-based violence discussion.