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TRADITIONS
This section will highlight African traditions through the rites, customs, arts and beliefs that structure the life of communities and the link to ancestors.
The ritual of FÓ’Ó among the vútè.
The Vouté calendar begins with the month of November. In a word at the Vútè in…
The Osun Festival in Osogbo (Nigeria)
Every year, the city of Osogbo, located in the state of Osun in southwestern Nigeria, is…
Gerewol traditional festival of the wodaabé, people of the Sahel
The Guéréwol is a traditional festival of the Wodaabe, a sub-tribe of the Fulani Mbororo, which…
Libation, a communion with the invisible world
The libation ritual in Africa is an ancestral spiritual and cultural practice that involves pouring a…