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Ijele is the largest mask system ever to enter the history of the world masking tradition. It comprises two segments: the upper and the lower segments, divided at the centre by a big python. The upper segment is called Mkpu Ijele while the lower segment is called Akpakwuru Ijele or Ogbanibe and the centre is called Eke – Ogba (Python).… Read more
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Among the Agĩkũyũ, there was a very important ceremony known as Ituĩka in which the reins of government were handed over to the next generation. The period from one Ituĩka to another was usually 35 years. This was calculated through a special plant in Gĩkũyũ country known a Thunguya – ‘Mimulopsis alpina’ [Gachathi 1989: 145], which is one of… Read more
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