Oxum and other African deities, known as "orixas," will be honored by most of the 12 samba schools competing from Sunday to Tuesday in the famed Carnival parade, with celebrants relaying a story ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is ...

Eventually, the chocolate beauty, dental surgeon and priestess of Oxum in the Candomblé tradition ... The talented dancer brings grace and elegance into the African art form and carries pride ...

“The fact that an African American—‘an elite,’ in the ... contestants channeled the spirit of Candomblé goddesses like Oxum (Oshun) through a dance, while the Ilê Aiyê drum group ...

For Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum, from the Ilê Omolu Oxum terreiro ... because it is a pejorative term to designate and to make references to African religious matrices". Grass considers that ...