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- ...age should be updated to "African Lore" in accordance with the 2014 Honors Book.222 bytes (35 words) - 23:03, 11 April 2015
- ...Asia. Some still prefer traditional clothing, which consists of jodphurs and a shirt, with an outer garment called a ''gabi''.327 bytes (51 words) - 06:47, 8 January 2021
- ...r the like. In this form, the witches can bite people, causing infection, and in some cases death. Witches are considered to be capable of performing al491 bytes (84 words) - 13:05, 8 January 2021
- ...y primary grades. Xhosa is still considered as a studied subject, however, and it is possible to major in Xhosa at the university level.283 bytes (44 words) - 07:13, 8 January 2021
- ...bers of South African society. The poor live in thatched-roof round huts, and in labor camps, while the wealthiest live in modern houses in suburban neig239 bytes (37 words) - 14:20, 10 January 2021
- Men would wear loin cloths that wrapped round their waist and between their legs to be fastened at their back, the type of clothing appro197 bytes (36 words) - 08:58, 8 January 2021
- ...g habits = Dairy is an important part of the diet, including milk, yogurt, and butter. Their main meal of the day will feature a porridge made from grain188 bytes (32 words) - 10:02, 8 January 2021
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- ...believe it is rude to eat food in front of someone else who is not eating, and thus, food is not prepared in the streets.290 bytes (52 words) - 14:07, 8 January 2021
- ...Because of their great agility, the monkeys were able to climb the trees and escape the flood waters. As they sat in the trees, they noticed the fish s400 bytes (72 words) - 07:50, 8 January 2021
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- ...tains. During the process of healing they smear white clay on their bodies and observe numerous taboos.395 bytes (60 words) - 11:06, 8 January 2021
- |image caption = Shona religious priest and healer134 bytes (18 words) - 07:03, 8 January 2021
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- ...ican and Impala Platinum. Zimbabwe is the biggest trading partner of South Africa on the continent.424 bytes (60 words) - 08:58, 8 January 2021
- ...ffed sleeve blouse (influenced by European attire) along with two wrappers and a head tie are worn.911 bytes (149 words) - 06:50, 8 January 2021
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- ...ebele of the Mpofu totem can initiate burial of a Shona of the Mhofu totem and that is perfectly acceptable in Shona tradition. But a Shona of a different495 bytes (88 words) - 07:14, 8 January 2021
- ...th is in terms of cattle and children. A herd of 50 cattle is respectable, and the more children the better. A man who has plenty of one but not the other ...stinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well known of African ethnic groups.792 bytes (138 words) - 10:03, 8 January 2021
- ...ngs and late nights. A simple untitled man is buried in front of his house and a simple mother is buried in her place of origin in a garden or a farm-area584 bytes (105 words) - 06:58, 8 January 2021
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- ...cines and healing) and "Ọsun" (goddess of fertility, protector of children and mothers), Sango (God of thunder).260 bytes (36 words) - 07:52, 8 January 2021
- |Burial= The body is washed, wrapped in funeral clothing, and carried to the church in a straw mat. The body is generally buried withing156 bytes (27 words) - 06:05, 8 December 2020
- ...Nations World Health Organisation, the life expectancy for men is 37 years and the life expectancy for women is 34 years of age, the lowest in the world i398 bytes (61 words) - 11:06, 8 January 2021
- ...y and mid-20th century (pre-Nigerian independence). With the advent of oil and gas exploration in their territory, some are employed in that sector. Other359 bytes (58 words) - 07:05, 8 January 2021
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- ...atform, jars of grain and a sunk fireplace, with the walls daubed with mud and decorated with geometrical or conventional designs in red, white or grey. ...n lesser numbers, Muslim. Nevertheless, the traditional belief in guardian and ancestor spirits remains strong, though it is now often described in Christ2 KB (270 words) - 08:34, 8 January 2021
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- ...drums and manifest the influence of the water spirits through the quality and intensity of their dancing. Particularly spectacular masqueraders are taken813 bytes (136 words) - 06:51, 8 January 2021
- ...pplemented with fruits such as dates and melons (when in season), and milk and cheese. Meat is reserved for special occasions.339 bytes (50 words) - 13:06, 8 January 2021
- ...e presented to the village, and she and her friend and sisters would dance and sing, celebrating the end of her initiation. On the following day, the gra930 bytes (170 words) - 07:15, 8 January 2021
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- ...cken, beef, or goat meat are added. Jollof rice is popular throughout West Africa.361 bytes (60 words) - 06:59, 8 January 2021
- ...n adult literacy rate of approximately 90% which is amongst the highest in Africa. Since 1995 the adult literacy rate of Zimbabwe has steadily decreased, a t221 bytes (33 words) - 14:24, 8 January 2021
- ...ns = The modern Zulu population is fairly evenly distributed in both urban and rural areas. Although KwaZulu-Natal is still their heartland, large numbers247 bytes (35 words) - 08:05, 8 January 2021
- ...per year is normal, while in the lowlands two are possible. Cattle, sheep, and goats are also raised.282 bytes (45 words) - 06:34, 8 December 2020
- ...months, during which urination is painful and nearly impossible at times, and boys must remain in black cloths for a period of 4–8 months.1 KB (216 words) - 11:06, 8 January 2021
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- ...ry=Nomadic Fula men tend cattle. Some hold jobs in the cities as teachers and businessmen.98 bytes (16 words) - 08:36, 8 January 2021
- ...reach maturity. The veil usually conceals their face, excluding their eyes and the top of the nose.806 bytes (135 words) - 09:33, 8 January 2021
- ...ound their waist and other ornaments such as necklaces and beads. Both men and women wore wrappers.448 bytes (79 words) - 06:51, 8 January 2021
- ...he men, usually of thorned acacia, a native tree. At night all cows, goats and sheep are placed in an enclosure in the center, safe from wild animals.1 KB (180 words) - 13:06, 8 January 2021
- ...reeding, trading, and agriculture. Since Prehistoric times Tuareg peoples and their Berber ancestors (the Garamantes) have been organising caravans for t299 bytes (43 words) - 07:16, 8 January 2021
- ...They provided spiritual guidance for the nobility, and received protection and alms in return.495 bytes (74 words) - 10:03, 8 January 2021
- ...here is the true desert Tenere. Other deserts are more and less arid, flat and mountainous: Adrar, Tagant, Tawat (Touat) Tanezruft, Adghagh n Fughas, Tama624 bytes (94 words) - 06:59, 8 January 2021
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- ...embership of major European Churches, such as the Dutch Reformed, Anglican and Catholic Churches is also common. Nevertheless, many Zulus retain their tra476 bytes (68 words) - 08:06, 8 January 2021
- ...ca restricted and discouraged traditional agriculture and wild harvesting, and reduced the extent of land available to black people.600 bytes (97 words) - 07:40, 8 December 2020
- ...ely resorted to buying essentials from neighbouring Botswana, South Africa and Zambia.873 bytes (124 words) - 11:09, 8 January 2021
- ...coast may wear kikoi, a type of sarong that comes in many different colors and textiles. However, the preferred style is stripes.494 bytes (88 words) - 07:07, 8 January 2021
- ...r cow tails as bracelets and anklets called imishokobezi during ceremonies and rituals, such as weddings or dances.811 bytes (138 words) - 17:36, 8 January 2021
- |Members=Between 24 and 25 million37 bytes (4 words) - 08:37, 8 January 2021
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- ...s do not have adequate supplies. Further, the lack of experienced teachers and lack of transportation places additional hampers on education. There are n379 bytes (57 words) - 06:51, 8 January 2021
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- .... Animal fats or butter are used in cooking, primarily of porridge, maize, and beans. Butter is also an important infant food. Blood is rarely drunk.”693 bytes (117 words) - 10:05, 8 January 2021
- ...of distrust of the government. Today most children finish primary school, and some go on to university.197 bytes (30 words) - 06:59, 8 January 2021
- ...nin individual communities even in the western Niger Delta also had chiefs and governments at the village level.643 bytes (98 words) - 14:26, 8 January 2021
- ...re active Christians (60%) and Muslims (30%), yet retain many of the moral and cultural concepts of their traditional faith. |Location=Nigeria, Benin, and Togo268 bytes (35 words) - 08:06, 8 January 2021
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- ...celebration. Yam tubers are shown off by individuals as a sign of success and wealth.331 bytes (59 words) - 11:10, 8 January 2021
- ...opper, very rarely gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage and to a degree, ornamentation, amongst certain West African peoples including479 bytes (77 words) - 07:09, 8 January 2021
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- ...they have reincarnated from. This can be through behavior, physical traits and statements by the child. A diviner can help in detecting who the child has498 bytes (88 words) - 06:52, 8 January 2021
- ...mented, called ''amasi''), pumpkins (''amathanga''), beans (''iimbotyi''), and vegetables.322 bytes (41 words) - 13:13, 8 January 2021
- ...n inyanga is an herbalist who is concerned with medicines made from plants and animals, while a sangoma relies primarily on divination for healing purpose419 bytes (66 words) - 07:27, 8 January 2021
- ...fertilizer, paper, vehicle assembly and food-processing plants, tanneries, and oil refineries. There are large aluminum-smelting plants at Richards Bay, o446 bytes (61 words) - 18:33, 5 December 2020
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- ...other initiation ceremonies, including isolation, instruction, transition, and celebration. In former times, a girl was expected to marry immediately fol617 bytes (95 words) - 07:00, 8 January 2021
- |Education=During the British rule of East Africa, the Maasai engaged in a form passive resistance to preserve their culture.685 bytes (106 words) - 14:34, 8 January 2021
- ...buried as soon as possible. The funeral is presided over by the marabout, and is followed by ''iwichken'' (condolences).142 bytes (23 words) - 08:13, 8 January 2021
- ...ations, and feasts. Modern rituals typically pertain to matters of illness and psychological well-being.395 bytes (58 words) - 09:04, 8 December 2020
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- ...tic servants. Those with the education work in the healthcare, education, and in the government.215 bytes (36 words) - 07:09, 8 January 2021
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- ...the circumcision, they are given a new set of clothing made from leather, and return to their village where they are considered to have entered manhood.523 bytes (95 words) - 08:41, 8 January 2021
- ...acacia trees, tasagesaget, to avoid numerous wild animal during old times and even to this day to escape from mosquitoes. Other kinds of traditional hous511 bytes (81 words) - 09:35, 8 January 2021
- |Location=The Oromo are found in Ethiopia, in northern Kenya, and to a lesser extent in parts of Somalia.133 bytes (22 words) - 06:53, 8 January 2021
- ...es the Igbo can be found working in the oil industry, education, business, and construction.198 bytes (31 words) - 13:15, 8 January 2021
- ...d buried. After three days, alms are given to Koranic students, the sick, and the poor.154 bytes (27 words) - 07:30, 8 January 2021
- |Location=Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique. A small group of Shona speaking migrants of the late 1199 bytes (30 words) - 04:43, 6 December 2020
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- ...atemba. Bota is a thinner porridge, cooked without the additional cornmeal and usually flavoured with peanut butter, milk, butter, or, sometimes, jam. Bot985 bytes (159 words) - 14:36, 8 January 2021
- ...h-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country.162 bytes (25 words) - 08:13, 8 January 2021
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- ...gis' poetry, called imibongo, praises the actions and adventures of chiefs and ancestors.446 bytes (66 words) - 13:04, 8 January 2021
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- Christian missionaries established outposts among the Xhosa in the 1820s, and the first Bible translation was in the mid-1850s, partially done by Henry H401 bytes (60 words) - 08:41, 8 January 2021
- ...raditionally a nomadic, pastoralist, trading people, herding cattle, goats and sheep across the vast dry hinterlands of their domain, keeping somewhat sep237 bytes (32 words) - 09:36, 8 January 2021
- |Dress=Ijaws wear flowing robes and wrappers around the waist. They carry walking sticks which are topped with117 bytes (20 words) - 06:54, 8 January 2021
- ...ike; supernatural forces or deities called Alusi; Mmuo, which are spirits; and Uwa, the world.624 bytes (105 words) - 13:23, 8 January 2021
- ...stivals, men may wear a headdress mande from a lion's mane or baboon skin, and carry a shield covered with the hide of a hippo.257 bytes (44 words) - 07:32, 8 January 2021
- ...deceased person's children. Other people also place stones on the grave, and a person's importance is measured by how many people placed stones there.794 bytes (136 words) - 13:39, 6 December 2020
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- Unless you live in Africa or are able to visit there, this requirement may end up costing a substanti *Africa+gifts764 bytes (134 words) - 15:16, 8 January 2021
- ...and the Congo-Angolan culture area, but Yoruba-derived religious ideology and deities also play an important role.329 bytes (49 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2021
- ...all. Rather, we will present a small handful of the largest tribes here, and even then, not with much detail. If an African tribe not described here in452 bytes (81 words) - 06:08, 8 January 2021
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- ...living a traditional life, the end of life is virtually without ceremony, and the dead are left out for scavengers. Burial has in the past been reserved238 bytes (43 words) - 07:11, 8 January 2021
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- ...nhabit Hararghe, Ogaden, and Dire Dawa as well as the Republics of Somalia and Djibouti. In Somalia, it is also said that Qallu are related with Sheekhaal731 bytes (133 words) - 09:37, 8 January 2021
- ...eal value of fees in 1980. The Ministry of Education of Zimbabwe maintains and operates the government schools but the fees charged by independent schools577 bytes (88 words) - 06:55, 8 January 2021
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- ...iculturalists and nomadic pastoralists, practising archaic farming methods and living at subsistence level. A few live in the urban centres.186 bytes (25 words) - 07:40, 8 January 2021
- ...iculturalists and nomadic pastoralists, practicing archaic farming methods and living at subsistence level.142 bytes (17 words) - 05:14, 8 December 2020
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- ...examinations are written during the third term in November, with "O" level and "A" level subjects also offered in June.448 bytes (73 words) - 07:01, 8 January 2021
- ...lored African designs. The Maasai began to replace animal-skin, calf hides and sheep skin, with commercial cotton cloth in the 1960s.369 bytes (58 words) - 15:28, 8 January 2021
- ...make the river basins good for farming and grazing making cattle important and the basis of wealth.328 bytes (53 words) - 08:24, 8 January 2021
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- ...iblings. They also attend Koranic schools where they learn the scriptures and teachings of Islam.162 bytes (25 words) - 07:12, 8 January 2021
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- ...rigin to several New World religions such as Santería in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Candomblé in Brazil.559 bytes (79 words) - 08:54, 8 January 2021
- ...t clothes, called ''Ima Akwa''. Until that time they are basically naked (and are considered to have nothing to hide until then), with the exception of b302 bytes (49 words) - 09:38, 8 January 2021
- |honorname=Africa Lore |category=Arts and Crafts615 bytes (90 words) - 06:55, 8 January 2021
- ...res." The monkey's set about their task, grabbing the fish from the river and heaping them in a great pile. When they were finished they saw that the fi666 bytes (121 words) - 13:38, 8 January 2021
- |Religion = The Tuareg are predominantly Muslim and generally follow the Maliki madhhab, one of the four schools of Fiqh or rel157 bytes (25 words) - 07:41, 8 January 2021
- |image = Maasai women and children.jpg |image caption =Maasai women and children123 bytes (17 words) - 05:20, 8 December 2020
- ...nd ancestors are also commonly venerated by pouring libations to the earth and the breaking of kolanuts in their honor at special occasions.754 bytes (118 words) - 10:39, 8 January 2021
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- ...eid goverment, this is changing. Children attend school starting at age 7 and continue sometimes until they are 24 (though not continuously). Many child342 bytes (49 words) - 15:29, 8 January 2021
- ...he Ijaw are now primarily Christians (95% profess to be), with Catholicism and Anglicanism being the varieties of Christianity most prevalent among them,552 bytes (81 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2021
- ...society, there are intermediaries between individuals or whole communities and specific deities. Variously called Dibia, Babalawo, etc., the priest usuall219 bytes (31 words) - 06:45, 8 January 2021
- ...e includes diviners known as amagqirha, who serve as herbalists, prophets, and healers for the community. This job is mostly taken by women, who spend fiv215 bytes (32 words) - 13:05, 8 January 2021
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- ...ating habits<br>(2) Initiation ceremony<br>(3) Witch doctors<br>(4) Living and worship conditions<br>(5) Education<br>(6) Burials<br>(7) Money<br>(8) Dres266 bytes (37 words) - 05:46, 8 December 2020
- ...iphany are the most important celebrations, marked with services, feasting and dancing. There are also many fast days throughout the year, when only veget673 bytes (98 words) - 10:41, 8 January 2021
- |Living conditions = About 90 percent of the Amhara are rural and make their living through farming, mostly in the Ethiopian highlands. Prior400 bytes (55 words) - 07:02, 8 January 2021
- ...used to decorate both men and women in the form of lines forming patterns and shapes on the body.514 bytes (85 words) - 16:08, 8 January 2021
- ...n the deceased's finest garments. Animal sacrifices may be offered to them and they can be well perfumed. Burial usually follows within 24 hours of death.346 bytes (63 words) - 08:31, 8 January 2021
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