Rodney P. Mason Jr. was reluctant to join the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. He was an Alabama A&M University undergraduate when his father, a Zulu stalwart, first extended the invitation.

PARK FOR OUR ZULU LUNDI GRAS FESTIVAL. TRAVERS AND ROYALTY HAS ARRIVED. KING ZULU AND HIS QUEEN HAS DISEMBARKED FROM THE COAST GUARD CUTTER. YEAH. LET’S GO BACK. LIVE TO AUBRY KILLION.

Rodney P. Mason Jr., King Zulu 2025, got more than the traditional toast from the mayor when his float arrived at Gallier Hall on Tuesday morning. Zulu King Rodney P. Mason Jr., a former trumpet ...

Power struggles within South Africa’s Zulu monarchy have intensified amid contradictory claims from two high-profile officials over the king’s health. South Africa’s energy crisis explained ...

NEW ORLEANS — For Rodney Mason, marching in St. Augustine’s band on Mardi Gras was the highlight of high school. “The profound memory is marching down St. Charles in front of Gallier Hall ...

The New Orleans mayor gave her traditional toast to the King and Queen of Zulu on Mardi Gras. Rodney P. Mason Jr. is reigning as Zulu King, and his wife Kristen Bonds-Mason is serving as his queen.