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Stories of the artists and peoples behind the work: the sculptors, tribes, and traditions that have shaped our collection.
November 11, 2020Tribe ProfileWest Africa
The Guro Tribe
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...
February 14, 2019Tribe ProfileWest Africa
The Baule Tribe
The Baule are an Akan people of central Côte d'Ivoire, descended from a group that migrated west from the Ashanti kingdom of present-day Ghana in the mid-18th century. Their founder,...
September 16, 2018Tribe ProfileMalawi, Central Africa
The Chewa
The Chewa are a Bantu-speaking people whose traditional homeland spans the border regions of present-day Malawi, Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s Chewa community inhabits primarily the northe...