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The Kwele are a small Bantu-speaking people of the Sangha River region, straddling the border between the Republic of Congo and southeastern Gabon. Inhabitants of the dense equatorial rainforest, the

The Bwa (also known as Bobo-Oulé) are a Gur-speaking people of central and western Burkina Faso and eastern Mali. They are renowned for producing some of the most dramatic and formally ambitious masks

The Nafana are a small Gur-speaking people inhabiting the borderland between northwestern Ghana and northeastern Côte d'Ivoire. Despite their relatively small population, they are renowned across the

The Lobi are a Voltaic-speaking people of southwestern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana — inhabitants of a semi-arid savannah frontier zone. Fiercely independent and historically resistant to both neig

The Dan are a Mande-speaking people of western Côte d'Ivoire and eastern Liberia, inhabiting the mountainous forest zone at the border of the two countries. Their mask tradition is one of the most fun