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The Intriguing World of Senegalese Laamb Wrestling
Senegalese Laamb wrestling is a type of wrestling traditionally performed by the Serer people and now a national sport in Senegal.
Society & Culture
The Mwila Women of Angola and Their Fascinating Cow Dung Hairdo
The women of the Mwila tribe prepare a paste made from a red stone called Oncula. They then mix the paste with oil, butter, tree bark and herbs - some even use cow dung - before applying the concoction to their dreadlocks.
Society & Culture
The Asaro Mud Men of Papua New Guinea; Legends and Myths
The Asaro "mud men" from Papua New Guinea's eastern highlands are known for their strange masks made with clay, and adorned with pigs' teeth and shells.
The Asaro live in the nearby village of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province...
Society & Culture
African Tribe: The Daasanach People of Eastern Africa
The Daasanach are a semi-nomadic tribe numbering approximately 50,000 whose clans stretch across Sudan, Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
The Daasanach are a primarily agropastoral people; they grow sorghum, maize, pumpkins and beans when the Omo river and its delta floods....
Society & Culture
Matriarchal Communities in Africa: African Communities Where Women Reign Supreme
From the Umoja community in Northern Kenya to the small rural community of Arnado Debbo in Niger state, Nigeria. These here are three African communities with long-standing traditions where to be a woman is superior.
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The Mountain Gorillas of Central Africa
There are about a thousand mountain gorillas remaining on Earth, and about half live in the forests of the Virunga mountains in central Africa.
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the eastern...
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Denmark Vesey: The Black Leader Executed for Planning a Slave Revolt in U.S. in 1822
Denmark Vesey was a self-educated Black man who was hanged alongside his co-conspirators for planning what is today regarded as the most extensive slave rebellion in U.S. history.