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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 ]
Typically, the Senufo people are studied in three large subgroups that have been relatively isolated. [8] The northern Senufo are called "Supide or Kenedougou", found near Odienne, and who helped found an important kingdom of West Africa and challenged Muslim missionaries and traders. The southern Senufo are the largest group, numbering over 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.
The Kénédougou Kingdom, (Cebaara Senufo: Fǎngi Kenedugu), (c. 1650–1898) was a pre-colonial West African state established in the southeastern portion of present-day Mali, as well as parts of northern Côte d'Ivoire and western Burkina Faso.
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.
Sidiki Bakaba (actor, scenario writer, director, 1949): Awarded for his entire career in 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algiers in 2009, and Best Actor for West Africa by la Fondation des artistes de Ivory Coast (FONDACI) in 2008; Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (painter, 1923, 2013): Many of his paintings are in the collection of Jean Pigozzi
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.
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]