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The Wodaabe of Chad: origins, symbols and relationships in Gerewol

In Kumakonda’s trips we have accumulated many encounters with the Wodaabe of Chad, and we even travel to their Gerewol...

Discovering the Dozo hunters, an esoteric and powerful brotherhood of the Malinké Country

Among the enormous variety of worldviews that exist in West Africa today, we can find brotherhoods or confraternities. These are...

Introduction to the peoples and nomads of Lake Chad, a fascinating labyrinth of societies

The human presence in Lake Chad dates back thousands of years, and the archaeological remains that have been found bear...

Lake Chad, a stunning natural and cultural ecosystem

Lake Chad is a mythical place in Central Africa. It is one of the great symbols of the continent, like...

Sapeurs, the dandies of the Congo and the “SAPE”

In Brazzaville and Kinshasa, the capitals of the two Congos, hundreds of sapeurs are part of the urban subcultural movement...

Tata Gonda, the celestial army in DR Congo

In the depths of the province of Congo Central, the followers of the now dead prophet Tata Gonda live in...

National Gungu Festival of Congo, traditional Pende culture

Gungu Festival, traditional culture and community development The National Gungu Festival (FESNAG) is a manifestation of socio-cultural and touristic promotion...

Trip to southern Angola, ethnicities and landscapes

We managed to leave Oncocua along the same forest track we had arrived, and we turned off a little to...

Mundari cattle camp, trip to South Sudan

We visited a Mundari cattle camp on our trip to South Sudan. For the Mundari, cattle represents much more than...

Tribes of Angola, a trip to the south of the country

One of the main reasons why travelling to Angola is so attractive is to visit some of the tribes that...

Baaka Pygmies, forest inhabitants of Central Africa – 4/4

Pygmy peoples of Africa In this final part of the trip that we started in Chad four weeks before, we...

Travel to Benin – Travel guide to discover the voodoo country

Travel to Benin. Its main richness is its immense cultural heritage, its varied traditions (some forty ethnic groups), and its...

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