Read Short Culture / Heritage / Lifestyles Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
The New Guard.
By
Kevin Hughes
Nobody saw agriculture coming. Nobody saw the Industrial Revolution. What did we miss?
Lobola
By
Siyambuka
Lobola is a South African Nguni term that means wedding payment or bridewealth. When considering a traditional marriage, it has to do with the property or money that a prospective husband provides the head of a prospective wife's family.
St. Patrick and the Snake.
By
Kevin Hughes
The Legends have it all wrong. It was the snakes who needed help.
Chasing the old life
By
Divineodelia
An archaeologist who goes round the world to dig out artifact comes back to his home town to discover what would change his career forever.
Interview with a Natural.
By
Kevin Hughes
When we can modify our own bodies, who would choose not to?