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Senufo people traditionally have lived in circular shaped mud huts, agriculture historically is their main livelihood [14] The Senufo people emerged as a group sometime within the 15th or 16th century. [8] They were a significant part of the 17th to 19th-century Kénédougou Kingdom (literally "country of the plain") with the capital of Sikasso ...
Senufo culture is matrilineal, with certain positions such as the artisans being determined by matrilineal inheritance. [7] Of the four Senufo societies, which educate and govern the individual acts of people, the divination governing Sandogo society is, notwithstanding those few men who inherit the position, mostly women. [ 2 ]
Eager to sustain Senufo traditions and help expand the local market, American Peace Corps volunteers encouraged the people to explore new means of clothing production. Fila cloth consisted of six stripes of cotton cloth that had been sewn together [ 4 ] and served as the prototype for which korhogo was built upon.
Glaze, Anita J. “Women and Power in a Senufo Village.” African Arts 8, No. 3 (Spring 1975) 24–29, 64–68. Greary, Christraud M. Review of Glänzend wie Gold. Gelbguss bei den Senufo. by Till Förster. African Arts 23. no. 2 (April 1990) 16, 18, 20, 22. Herbert, Eugenia W. Red Gold of Africa, Copper in Precolonial History and Culture.
Kponyungo masks are spiritual items used in funeral ceremonies. In this ritual, One member from each participating Poro Organization (a secret men's society, also referred to as a hunting society) wears a mask and will drum next to the home of the deceased or the home belonging to the deceased lineage group. [2]
The Nafana are an isolated Senufo people living east of Bondoukou. The Nafana are a Senufo people living in the central north-west of Ghana and the north-east of Côte d'Ivoire, in the area east of Bondoukou. They number about 45, 000 (SIL/GILLBT 1992) and speak Nafaanra, a Senufo language.
Kong emerged as a trading centre when Mali Empire merchants began trading in the territory of the surrounding Senufo people. The area from Kong to Dabakala is said to be the "origin" area, where Mandé traders known as the Dioula or Juula migrated from the Niger basin to settle in the 12th century. [3]
Poverty Incidence of Infanta 10 20 30 40 2000 32.38 2003 29.08 2006 26.40 2009 15.04 2012 13.68 2015 11.92 2018 7.57 2021 27.34 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Education Mount Carmel School of Infanta Infanta is the center of educative learning, with four colleges that attract many students to study from nearby towns of Real, General Nakar, Polillo, Panukulan, Burdeos, Patnanungan and ...