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 ...

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 ...

The question is not whether caste hierarchies exist in prisons (they do) but whether the administration will confront its own ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

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 ...

Speech delivered at the caste abolition conference in Srirangam–Tiruvanaikovil on 2 November 1958. (Published in Viduthalai on 20 November 1958.) A caste abolition conference, the “Free Tamil Nadu” ...

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 ...

This post was updated June 11 at 7:49 p.m. UC community members are calling for a ban on caste-based discrimination and further support for caste-oppressed students and faculty following similar ...

Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, ...