In the 18th century, an estimated 15,000 Juma people were located in the Amazonas state. After years of disease and massacres at the hands of rubber tappers, loggers, and miners, only 100 remained by ...

The NBA Foundation’s newest grantee has employed more than 10,000 low-income youth since its inception in 1993. Eli Doroshow, for NBA.com Juma runs over 20 concession businesses at major sports and ...

Fridays in Old Dhaka begin with a distinctive rhythm, building toward Juma prayer. During Juma, the atmosphere becomes layered: sacred inside, restless outside. For a brief hour, the city feels ...

When she was just 16, Juma Xipaia of Brazil’s Indigenous Xipaya people gave an interview in which she foresaw a challenging destiny for herself. “My future? Fighting for the Indigenous cause,” she ...

Aruká Juma saw his Amazon tribe dwindle to just a handful of individuals during his lifetime. Numbering an estimated 15,000 in the 18th century, his people were ravaged by disease and successive ...

Mr. Juma, who used the name of his people in Brazil, was in his late 80s when he died of Covid-19. By Michael Astor This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus ...