The Anambra state government has declared Wednesday, December 28, as the set date for the abolition of the ‘Osu caste system’. The decision was made by major traditional rulers in the south-east. The ...

An ancient practice in Igboland that discourages social interaction and marriage with a group of persons called Osu Outcast, is set to be abolished in Anambra, as the State Government has adopted the ...

To address discrimination against persons, the traditional leaders of Oguta, in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, on Sunday, abolished the age-long outcaste (Ohu) system, which had been a ...

The Anambra Traditional Rulers Council, Chaired by the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has pledged their support to efforts at eradicating the “Osu” caste system in the state. The traditional ...

Traditional leaders in Oguta, in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, on Sunday, abolished the age-long outcast (Ohu) system The Osu and Ohu caste systems had for decades classified persons ...

U.S. cities are deeply segregated, often with streets or highways separating higher-income predominantly White neighborhoods from lower-income predominantly Black ones. This is not an accident of ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Caste is one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world. It negatively impacts 1.9 billion people worldwide, crippling their quality of life. With its roots in India, the caste system ranks ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson says racism is an insufficient term for the systemic oppression of Black people in America. Instead, she prefers to refer to America as having a "caste" ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...