NEW ORLEANS — When the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day, they're showcasing more than 100 years of Carnival tradition. It's a tradition Rodney Mason, Junior has ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In 1915, the first floats appeared in the Zulu parade. They were constructed on a spring wagon using dry goods boxes and decorated with palmetto leaves and moss. The float carried ...

A Howard University professor continues his tradition of bringing HBCU students to his home country of South Africa for an immersive tour. Every year during the summer semester, Dr. Sipho Sithole ...

From the Mardi Gras Indians to the Flambeaux carriers to the skeleton crews, the contribution of African Americans to traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras is evident. But nothing compares to the flash ...

In the city of New Orleans near the mouth of Jackson Avenue as it crosses South Claiborne Avenue, families adorned in purple, green and yellow sit in rows of foldout chairs lining the lawns of ...

This week, as we celebrate Mardi Gras, we also travel back 75 years to remember one of Carnival’s first and biggest celebrity monarchs — Louis Armstrong, who reigned as King Zulu 1949. A native New ...

Experts are divided on the impact of this week’s ruling on Misuzulu Zulu, but say it shows that South Africa has not yet learned how to handle the country’s traditional customs. The 49-year-old king’s ...

King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, has died aged 72 after being hospitalized for more than a month, his family announced Friday. Zwelithini had health ...