African Rituals and Traditions — 24 Stories

• The Poro Society of West Africa
• The Fête du Vodoun of Benin and Togo
• Ijele: The Royal Masquerade of the Igbo (Nigeria)
• Mwaka Kogwa: The Swahili Ritual of Renewal and Reconciliation (Zanzibar)
• The Gerewol Festival of the Wodaabe (Niger & Sahel)
• Mukanda: The Initiation Rites of the Lunda
• Famadihana: The Turning of the Bones in Madagascar
• Gule Wamkulu of the Chewa People: The Dance of Ancestral Spirits
• Gule Wamkulu: The Great Nyau Mask Dances of the Chewa (Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique)
• Aboakyir: Deer Hunting Festival (Effutu, Winneba, Ghana)
• Famadihana: The Malagasy “Turning of the Bones” (Madagascar)
• Timkat of Ethiopia: Epiphany & Baptismal Renewal
• Kuomboka: The Lozi Royal Flood Retreat
• The Gerewol Courtship Festival of the Wodaabe
• Bwiti Iboga Initiation of Central Africa
• Sande (Bundu) Women’s Initiation Society of West Africa
• Dipo: The Krobo Rite of Womanhood | Ghana
• The Umkhosi woMhlanga: Zulu and Swazi Celebration of Purity and Unity
• Òrò: The Yorùbá Ritual of Purification and Ancestral Justice
• The Ju/’hoansi Trance Dance of the Kalahari
• Sigui: Dogon Sixty-Year Renewal Festival of Mali
• Enkipaata and Eunoto: Maasai Rites of Passage in Kenya and Tanzania
• Odwira: The Akan Festival of Purification and Renewal
• Egúngún: The Living Spirits of the Ancestors