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Senufo

Page history last edited by ethanl 14 years, 1 month ago

 

 

Senufo 

 

 

Location: Cote D'Ivoire, Mail, Ghana, Burkina Faso

 

 

 

 

 

Language: Senufo (Senari and Voltaic) includes four distinct languages: Palaka, Dymini-Tagwana, Central Senufo, and Northern Senufo

 

 Religion: 1/4 of the population are Muslim. The rest believe in different gods, ancestral spirits, and bush spirits.

 

 Population: about 2,500,000 

 

History: The Senufo includes diverse subgroups who moved to the place they are living now from the north. This migration occurred in the 15th and 16th centuries. They have been peaceful with their neighbors, unlike the tribes in the north who fear attacks.

                                                       http://www.gateway-africa.com/tribe/senufo_tribe.html

 

 

Clothing: About one-quarter of the Senufo people wear mud cloth, which is locally-made. They decorate and dye the cloth with materials that are natural. They blend these natural materials into colors that represent the lanscape of the Senufo. These mud cloths were first worn by hunters who liked the natural camouflaging look. The reason the Senufo people like wearing the mud cloth is that they do not show dirt. Babies are usually wrapped to their mothers' backs using mud cloths.

http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/explorations/online/Senufo/Pages/mud_cloth1.html

                                                                                               

                                                                      http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/explorations/online/Senufo/Pages/mud_cloth2.html

Food: The Senufo people prepare their food by pounding and grounding in mortars which are large wooden containers. They pound using sticks call pestles. They eat millet and Fonio which are cereal crops. Other food that they eat are okra, sorghum, yams and potatoes.

http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/explorations/online/Senufo/Pages/mud_cloth1.html

 

http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~tropical/gardening/millets/fonio2.jpg 

 

 

 

Housing: The shapes of the houses of the Senufo are rectangular or square. These houses are made with brick walls and straw roofs.

http://www.spurlock.uiuc.edu/explorations/online/Senufo/Pages/mud_cloth1.html

http://tabisite.com/gallery_af/ivorycoast/96rw462.jpg

 

Characteristics: The Senufo people are characterized by their coloful clothing. Womens and girls usually wrap their head with cloths.

 

                                        

 

http://everythingspossible.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/mali-bozo-girl-in-bamako.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Comments (2)

laneysu said

at 6:38 pm on Feb 10, 2010

wats up Ethan?
-Mkaj- :P
doing good so far?

taylorm said

at 7:13 pm on Feb 12, 2010

Good work Ethan!!!

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