ST. LOUIS — Helping young men in St. Louis see what’s possible is the goal of Central Baptist Church’s Rites of Passage program, which has been shaping futures for more than 30 years. This weekend, ...

Just about every man remembers his first fight. It’s a common rite of passage. Mine was when I was 8 years old, on the school bus, with a classmate who was teasing my younger sister. I stepped in, and ...

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Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Presbyterian Church of East Africa Kitengela parish’s Rev Michael Njige celebrates with more than 200 boys and girls ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...