In Nigeria, festivals like the rituals carried out by the Ekpe are exemplary of the vast and eccentric cultural landscape it holds. Festivals are ceremonies …
Category: Africa
In some Malawian myths, the owl is associated with death. In some other traditions too, th bird is often associated with magic.
Upon interviewing a host of Malawian citizens, I found that the perception of cultural identity in Malawi is quite skewed.
The famous monsoon trade of the western Indian Ocean entrenched a unique culture on the East African coast that is manifested by the magnificent stone …
Arts and crafts form the crux of the conservation of culture and history of many communities. Unlike many African countries, the centroid of arts and …
There are unique attributes that define cultures. Some of those are language, performance art and the way people dress. For the Ngoni people of Lilongwe …
Mzuzu Botanical Garden is the third botanical garden to be established in Malawi after the Zomba and Lilongwe Botanical Gardens. The institution has two sections …
The National Museums of Kenya Lamu Museums (NMK-LM) is a regional specific cultural institution located in the northeastern coast of Kenya. NMK-LM is actually located …
For decades now, Malawians have remembered their national heroes through a military salute of honor in war memorial towers that have been erected all across …