When Gregory Burrell's wife passed away almost two years ago, 600 people attended her funeral. Now, during a pandemic that continues to surge in the US, Burrell's funeral home requires an employee to ...

African American funeral service providers have long been central fixtures in the communities they serve. There, the funeral home represents more than just a place to hold viewings and coordinate ...

Undertakers clad in canary-yellow protective suits lowered the coffin into the cold soil as a mechanical digger waited nearby to smother the grave. Still numbed by their loss, a family watched the ...

The funerals—or homegoing celebrations, as they’re called in many Black communities—of Aretha Franklin and hip-hop artist Nipsey Hussle garnered millions of views from people across the globe on live ...

A longtime African American funeral home in Durham, North Carolina, has two priorities: helping families mourn and keeping them safe. African American Funeral Home Offers Comfort, Safety During ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Behind Monageng Legae's funeral parlour in the South African township of Soweto sits a refrigerated shipping container made to store chilled goods. Now it stores bodies.

Remains of what was likely a funeral feast were discovered in a 4,000-year-old jug in Africa.

ALEXANDRA, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 15: Sello Moahludi (far right) a resident of Alexandra township watches the funeral of former South African president Nelson Mandela on television with ...

JOHANNESBURG — The Zambian government succeeded in getting a court order to stop the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa on Wednesday after it filed a last-minute case that ...