Related to Afrikan’s people’s most significant cultural expressions is dance and song, and they reflect through physical and symbolic, means the archetypal struggle of the mortal being against exterior forces. Thus, there is a deeply dramatic and narrative quality to the creation of this physical and symbolic means of expression. Dance and… Read more

In regards to Ceremonial Leadership amongst the Kunama of Eritrea are ancestral Priestesses called the “Andinna”. Under special selection they enter the Andinna Sisterhood. At certain times of the year (harvest) they travel across the land often very difficult paths being ritually welcomed from village to village to perform healings (cure… Read more

A very important ethnic group in the principal location of the northeast of the country of Gabon in Central Afrika are the Bakota. They call their language “iKota” but they are also known as Kota, Kuta and iKuta. Their neighbours, the Fang call them Mekora. Because they are organised along patriarchal lines, the Bakota have developed… Read more

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