How to Identify African Masks: A Region by Region Guide for Beginners
Learn how to identify African masks by region, material, and style, from Yoruba Gelede to Dogon Kanaga masks. A clear starting point for beginners.
Learn how to identify African masks by region, material, and style, from Yoruba Gelede to Dogon Kanaga masks. A clear starting point for beginners.
No textbooks, no classrooms. See how African proverbs teach patience, respect and justice, and still shape Igbo and Yoruba households today.
What is an African mask? People ask this question more often than you would think, and most of the answers they find online are thin. A single photo. A caption that says “tribal mask.” Nothing about who carved it, who wore it, or what it was for. That is the gap this piece is here…
Many people believe that education will save the world and guarantee a sustainable future for all. For nearly twenty million Nigerian students, there was no school for most of the year 2020. Up to thirty per cent of these students are yet to return to school due to insecurity and increasing incidents of school drop-out….