AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR CULTURE.

 AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR CULTURE.



With an estimated three thousand tribes nestled within 54 countries, occupied by over 1.4 billion people, the African continent boasts of unique cultures and traditions passed down over centuries.


In Malawi, The  Bantu tribe celebrates Chewa festival for the dead.

They are  a group of locals with a unique burial ceremony for their dead. This ceremony/practice calls for a purification ceremony for the dead where they rid of their iniquities. The process calls for the throat to be slit and water poured through until the body is clean. The water is then collected and used to prepare a meal for the community.


In Uganda, The Banyankole tribe practice the culture of Potency test.


The Banyankole tribe in Uganda tests the potency and virility of a groom before he is permitted to get married. This tribe charges the bride’s aunt to have sex with the groom to confirm his potency. She is also required to ‘test’ the bride’s virginity. Some traditions permit the bride’s aunt to either listen in or watch the couple consummate their marriage to prove their potency.


IN CONGO, The AKA tribe practice the culture of the Breastfeeding dads, a parenting rituals called 'couvade'.


This practice, many have termed shocking, encourages skin-to-skin contact between dad and baby.

Dads are encouraged to cradle their newborns against their bare chests and breastfeed them. The AKA Pygamy tribe believes this will aid in fostering a deeper connection between father and child.


 IN NIGER REPUBLIC, The Wodaabe tribe  practice the Guérewol Beauty Contest

The Cure Salée festival, held at the end of the rainy season in September, is a male beauty contest and courtship ritual practised by Wodaabe men. Styled to perfection with make-up and other fashion accessories, these men compete for the affection of their women and are judged by young women.

An ideal contestant is a tall man with perfectly white teeth and eyeballs. To impress these women, the men make different gestures, including rolling their eyes and smiling brightly to reveal their beautiful white dentition.


✍️Fiyinfoluwa.



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