Imagine the backlash, they say, if another race or ethnicity was used as a mascot. “If it was an African-American mascot, there would be countless lawsuits against that school. Countless ...

While many national-team nicknames and mascots boast a unique connection to a nation's heritage, culture, or history, the African confederation is home to some of the most interesting in the world.

Durban — Proudly South African (Proudly SA) has named its new mascot LoLo Warona, who wants you to buy local and influence today’s young people. In a statement, Proudly SA said with the help ...

A hippopotamus called "Takuma" has been chosen as the official mascot for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Durban in South Africa. Takuma was originally used ...

(A fun fact: African wildcats were revered in ancient Egypt, and they were likely old ancestors of all domestic house cats.) But the wildcat mascots? With one exception, they don’t look at all ...

Named in honor of African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar ... Whip-Purs (Hampshire HS) “Whi-Pur” won the school’s mascot contest in the 1940s. The school’s colors were white and ...

In a way, mascots are performers too, just in a different form.” Manuela’s great-grandfather is Vladimir Tretchikov, the Russian South African artist whose legacy still inspires her.

Two Montgomery schools will now have new colors and mascots after dropping Confederate ... a Montgomery-born African American chemist, and the other for a trio of white and Black civil rights ...

BALTIMORE -- If you've been lucky enough to catch a Baltimore Ravens game at M&T Bank Stadium, you might have met two very special, very real Ravens - the mascots Rise and Conquer. When they're ...