Sowei mask: spirit of Sierra Leone

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The British Museum

The British Museum

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@bitasnsons
@bitasnsons 6 жыл бұрын
"Sowo bembe, Sowo bembe, weh na loh Ndoli maka kande loh ma, weh na loh" The Sowo spins, the Sowo spins, you'll not see (catch/understand) There's a mystery to our dance (that) you'll not see (catch/understand)
@Umarsesay-ko3jm
@Umarsesay-ko3jm 4 сағат бұрын
It reads like Tebrae, two lines poem researched by Ismaël Diedara, the Malian poet and scholars.
@omobanedonaija6966
@omobanedonaija6966 4 жыл бұрын
A shout out from an Edo, Nigeria man to my brethren in Sierra Leone. This is very, very interesting. I give a big thanks to all of you keeping our African culture! God and our ancestors are with you, amen. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
@carlacampbellart8028
@carlacampbellart8028 5 жыл бұрын
Bendicion...Through dna testing I learned I am Mende....Also an initate currently wearing white through lucumi in the diaspora, I see the links to culture and how it survived across the waters! This was beautiful and sad to see all at once.
@inmyessence3804
@inmyessence3804 3 жыл бұрын
I just found out I am 100% Mende. I want to learn more. Can you point me to some info about initiation?
@hawakromah1060
@hawakromah1060 2 жыл бұрын
@@inmyessence3804 am mende from sierra leone 🇸🇱
@nms6431
@nms6431 Жыл бұрын
Welcome sis... me too through my mom❤
@nms6431
@nms6431 Жыл бұрын
​@@inmyessence3804 my mom can teach you how to speak it!
@ceofromda517
@ceofromda517 Жыл бұрын
@@hawakromah1060 what Mende tribe are you from me I’m from the VAI my name is Sandy Luseini Massaquoi
@17Denisha
@17Denisha 6 жыл бұрын
The pain and scars this mask left behind, so many women hurt from adolescence.
@perla5465
@perla5465 Жыл бұрын
It hurts?
@phizzy123
@phizzy123 8 ай бұрын
@@perla5465she’s probably referring to FGM
@ArtHistoryProfessor
@ArtHistoryProfessor 2 жыл бұрын
Known as a Bundu/Sowei mask, this elaborately wrought and carefully embellished object is utilized within the all-female Sande societies of the Mende, Temne, and Vai tribes, who primarily inhabit Southern and Eastern Sierra Leone as well as small areas of Guinea and Liberia. More importantly, it is the only mask in Africa that is exclusively made for and worn by women. These sacred initiation masks and their accompanying costumes symbolize and embody ideal female beauty and proper morality, both of which are two highly esteemed attributes and virtues that comprise the rigidly insular, social, ethical, moral, and religious fabric of these West African tribes. And though it's one of the most beautiful and highly prized masks by Western collectors, unbeknownst to most people, this revered female mask follows a cultural tradition that includes the controversial, ritual practice of female circumcision-better known throughout the world by virtue of the WHO (World Health Organization) and UN as FGM (female genital mutilation). Sadder still is the lamentable fact that the vast majority of art museums and cultural institutions throughout the world that have these ritual masks in their collections intentionally fail to mention this in their information-curatorial placards, collection catalogues, and exhibition videos.
@perla5465
@perla5465 Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@antoines522
@antoines522 10 ай бұрын
Yes, got to look up the white headdress as a sign of FGM. Sad. And they still debate about it when young women needlessly die from a ritual of passage. Well, can’t pass if you end up dead. Doesn’t make sense. Thanks for the info
@mendeye2056
@mendeye2056 6 жыл бұрын
I shouldn't be given it away at all
@williejinnahkosseh2289
@williejinnahkosseh2289 7 ай бұрын
WONDERFUL and Impressive. This is womanhood. Why on earth these things are not shown on BBC 1 Mainstream news.
@the3lusive
@the3lusive 10 жыл бұрын
What language are they speaking ?
@yz4811
@yz4811 9 жыл бұрын
Mende
@the3lusive
@the3lusive 9 жыл бұрын
Yatta Zoker Thanks
@chocoluba4534
@chocoluba4534 5 жыл бұрын
the3lusive Mende
@yeye01189329
@yeye01189329 4 жыл бұрын
By reading the comments Mende.
@lukeramer7702
@lukeramer7702 3 жыл бұрын
Idk if anyone's said this yet, but I think it's Mende
@jobsunguti9224
@jobsunguti9224 Жыл бұрын
return our artifacts to Africa
@swahili21stcentury36
@swahili21stcentury36 5 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@musu8528
@musu8528 7 ай бұрын
stolen, not “collected.”
@evesmith4025
@evesmith4025 4 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful to see both my birth home an my other home sl UK ❤❤ lek me culture
@lodzmoimmiastem
@lodzmoimmiastem 10 жыл бұрын
That was interesting.
@IsaiahClark-c5v
@IsaiahClark-c5v 4 ай бұрын
it being given to white woman at the end KILLS the whole thing
@bangurasalima9269
@bangurasalima9269 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@alexisnoellee
@alexisnoellee 9 ай бұрын
Should be returned to its rightful owners!
@sumailasaidu7285
@sumailasaidu7285 3 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@jobsunguti9224
@jobsunguti9224 Жыл бұрын
shame on you colonialists,you even took artifacts belonging to our ancestors and culture.
@perla5465
@perla5465 Жыл бұрын
😞
@christianagbonda8304
@christianagbonda8304 2 жыл бұрын
Menday tribe.
@perla5465
@perla5465 Жыл бұрын
🇸🇱
@anitaann1420
@anitaann1420 3 жыл бұрын
All these nasty Covenant hv reuin our destiny's today
@Duwor
@Duwor Жыл бұрын
Yours
@KreativeKellz
@KreativeKellz 2 ай бұрын
They had to present it to a white woman which is probably how it was displaced from jump. 🤦🏾‍♀️
@musu8528
@musu8528 7 ай бұрын
this was really sad. letting elders in the community borrow back pieces of our culture from the people that stole it from us in cold blood. phew.
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