The Guro are a Mande-speaking people of central Côte d'Ivoire, inhabiting a forested zone between the savannah cultures to the north and the coastal cultures to the south. Renowned for producing some
The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, organising themselves around a cluster of traditional kingdoms ruled by the Mogho Naba (Emperor of the World) in Ouagadougou. Their kingdom trad
The Senufo are an agricultural people of the savannah zone of northern Côte d'Ivoire, southern Mali, and western Burkina Faso. Their culture is organised around the Poro — a male initiation society wh
The Kuba Kingdom — established in the 17th century in the Kasai region of present-day Democratic Republic of Congo — is one of the most celebrated art-producing civilisations in African history. At it
The Bamileke are a cluster of related chiefdoms in the Western Highlands of Cameroon — a region of fertile volcanic plateaus known as the Grassfields. Each chiefdom is ruled by a Fon (sacred king) who