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Culture: Marriage in Africa
A man saw a girl he liked, got acquainted and one day, he asked her to marry him. She agreed and received an engagement ring from him at once. Later that night, his phone rang. It was the girl’s father. He wanted to know if his daughter truly got engaged without his permission. He summoned…
African Masks By Region And Tribe
New: the 2nd edition of Within Carved Lines: The Secret Meanings of African Masks is out now. Get the book → “African mask” is not one tradition. It is thousands of them, spread across fifty four countries, and most of those countries never carved a ceremonial wooden mask in their entire history. I want to…
