Articles

Mvet is a traditional music form indigenous to the Congo Basin Rainforest, especially the Beti, Bulu and Ekang peoples of central Africa.

The Congo Basin rainforest is the habitat of the Goliath frog.

A report on the Fulani/Peul philosophy and the Guérewol festival.

The Nyae Nyae Conservancy is one of the last two remaining San lands. But this world’s oldest culture is now under threat from pastoralists.

The topic of decoloniality has grown and become omnipresent in every day dialogue in the Global South and with this process, one topic is being discussed with more urgency: reparations.

A report on the Kikuyu culture and traditions.

Although there are many matrilineal customary systems in Africa, the Bijagos islands holds a special place. It is a matriarchal society where women occupy prominent positions from the gods and the myth and symbolisms about how the earth was created all the way down to how the family unit works.

The Chiwara is perhaps one of the most easily recognisable African zoomorphic masks. Although people typically see it in museums and furniture stores, it was first created to celebrate farmers. Nowadays the Chiwara is also used to celebrate hard work and effort in all walks of life.