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Why should Africans give more credit to local cuisine?

ELOM 20CE A drug does not administer itself to a patient.

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A look at the Nogokpo deity of the Anlos of Ghana feared for its thief-catching spells

Gatingo October 21, 2020

Africans of yore have always believed in animism – the attribution of a living soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. It is what led the ancient Egyptians to ascribe so much power to the sun god Ra and of Anubis, the god of the dead. In Ghana, three shrines or deities of fearsome […]

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A look at Ethiopia’s historic coffee ritual

Gatingo October 11, 2020

Source: face2faceafrica.com Dating back to the 15th century, coffee arguably originated from Ethiopia. With some notable myths tracing its discovery and consumption to the Horn of Africa nation, one can confidently say its cultivation, as well as its brewing, is intertwined with some centuries-old African customs and traditions. Popular legend has it that an Ethiopian […]Read More

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Why should Africans give more credit to local cuisine?

Gatingo June 2, 2020

The culinary art like any other practice which renders a daily service to the Man who has slowly entered his culture. African cuisine more than a practice is a form of cultural and historical expression which varies according to each people. Nowadays, globalization and the mixing of peoples offers another possibility to discover the history […]Read More

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BROTHERHOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN BLACKS AND INDIANS OF AMERICA CIRCA 1312

Gatingo May 21, 2020

Many people are unaware that blacks came to America long before slavery and also before the arrival of the white devil in America with this bloodthirsty thug of Columbus in 1492 who committed crimes on the Amerindians. Aboubakri II nicknamed “explorer emperor” was an emperor of Mali who reigned from 1310 to 1312. Aboubakari II, […]Read More

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ELOM 20CE A drug does not administer itself to a

Gatingo May 15, 2020

ELOM 20CE “A drug does not administer itself to a patient. Someone needs to serve it. Man is the medicine of man. What is the connection between rain, clouds and trees? Why is there salt in blood, sweat and tears? Why is sex at the center of the human body? Does the tongue quarrel with […]Read More

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HOW EUROPE HAS GONE FROM GREAT POVERTY TO THE RICHEST

Gatingo May 12, 2020

Europe was probably the poorest continent in the world. After the fall of the mighty Roman Empire, Europe fell into a state of total barbarism. Famines, diseases, cholera, tribal and religious crusade wars, illiteracy were the evils from which Europe suffered. An example in Paris people lived among pigs and made their need in the […]Read More

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Adinkra Symbols and the Rich Akan Culture

Gatingo February 20, 2020

Adinkra in 1817 Today, we will talk about Adinkra symbols of the Akanpeople of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The Adinkra symbols are believed to originate in Gyaman, a former kingdom in modern day Côte d’Ivoire. According to an Ashanti (Asante) legend, Adinkra was the name of a king of the Gyaman kingdom, Nana Kofi Adinkra. King Adinkra was defeated and captured in a battle. According to the legend, Nana […]Read More

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Scarification: an ‘Ancient’ African Tattoo Culture

Gatingo February 19, 2020

These days, many of my fellow African brothers and sisters sport tattoos of some European or foreign symbols on their skins. These symbols are usually alien to our cultures, traditions, thinking, and history. So I thought about talking about scarification, which could be called an “ancient” African culture of tattoos. For starters, Africa has a rich culture of scarification. Many cite HIV, […]Read More

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IMPACT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION ON AFRICAN CULTURE

Gatingo July 19, 2019

One of the most coveted continents in the world, the African space has been and continues to be the object of invasions in terms of science, religion and culture … It is true that nowadays the world knows a interconnection that does not allow any country, even those on the ends of the earth to […]Read More

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THE CHURCH AND AFRICAN CULTURE

Gatingo July 17, 2019

The church, a wolf in the sheepfold of our African cultures? This thorny and embarrassing issue is worthy of thought. To answer this question is to take a look at pre-colonial history, a look stripped of all hypocrisy and blindness or intellectual lethargy. It is no secret that Africa had a prosperous and enviable precolonial […]Read More