The Powerful Women of Grand Bassam
This is one of many photos taken by local photographer F.W.H. Arkhurst in Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire between 1900 and 1910. Could this proud Appollo woman have been amongst those […]
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Is West Africa’s Cloth Telepathic?
Have you ever wished others could read your mind? If you dream long enough, and you live in West Africa, you just might be able to make it happen. Your […]
The Strong Woman Behind the Baoulé of Côte d’Ivoire
Unfortunately, outsiders tend to imagine Africa as one big, homogenous continent. I am sure that, logically, most folks realize these perceptions must be gross generalizations. However, in the absence of […]
