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The Guma is a traditional dance of the Guidar people of northern Cameroon, particularly associated with the Guider/Mayo-Louti region. Performed by both women and men, it combines music, movement, ceremonial dress and warrior symbolism. Traditionally linked to courage, communal identity and the memory of warfare, the dance remains an important expression of Guidar cultural heritage.
CR82,818,021 views • 29 days ago
The women’s category brings another dimension to Huka-Huka, the traditional Indigenous wrestling practiced by the peoples of the Xingu in Brazil. With strength, technique, balance, and determination, these athletes step into the arena and carry forward a tradition deeply connected to culture, community, and identity.
CR82,223,439 views • 28 days ago
Another prominent mallam in northern Nigeria’s growing spiritual-healing ecosystem is Malam Samaila Mairauhanai (also known as Mairafanai) of Zaria, Kaduna, who describes himself as an Islamic spiritual healer. His Hausa-language material says he performs ruqya (rukiyya) and, by Allah’s permission, treats or breaks tsafi, mayu and aljani, terms associated with sorcery, witches and jinn. Videos appear to show ongoing deliverance sessions involving clients and the application of liquids.
CR81,275,328 views • 24 days ago
two lessons from this video: 1. never judge a book by its cover. 2. patience is a virtue. 💯
CR842,105 views • 1 day ago
In many African communities, farming was never just an individual responsibility. Today, the village works your farm. Tomorrow, they work someone else’s. Labor is shared, harvests are protected, and no household is expected to face every challenge alone. This tradition has different names across Africa. In Ghana, Nnoboa brings farmers together to work one person’s farm, with the favor later returned. In Zimbabwe, Nhimbe brings communities together for demanding work such as ploughing, planting and harvesting. Similar systems exist in Ethiopia, Malawi and Nigeria. The principle is simple: your community is your workforce, and your labor belongs to the community too. It is a system of reciprocity. Today you help your neighbor get their farm done. Tomorrow, when you need the hands, they show up for you.
CR8619,775 views • 23 days ago
What looks like dreadlocks on Himba women is actually hundreds of thin plaits coated in otjize, a mixture of red ochre and butterfat. The plaits may include goat hair, woven straw or hair extensions, creating the distinctive rope-like red appearance. Women spend hours styling one another’s hair, and the paste is reapplied regularly. Himba hairstyles are more than decoration. They communicate a woman’s age, marital status and stage of life. Younger women may wear two forward-facing plaits called ozondato. Women at the marriageable stage may wear the three-pronged ekori, while married women often wear thicker red plaits and an erembe headdress made from animal skin. Men have their own hairstyle traditions. Boys and unmarried men traditionally wear a single long braid called ondatu, which is replaced by a head wrap known as ombwiya after marriage. Among the Himba, hair is not simply about appearance. It is a visible expression of identity, gender and social status.
CR8456,910 views • 21 days ago
Aramma Malam Nuhu is a Northern Nigerian Islamic/traditional spiritual healer who presents himself as treating jinn possession and witchcraft. Women reportedly seek him out for deliverance, and families sometimes bring women they believe are possessed. This video shows how he conducts these sessions.
CR8372,709 views • 1 month ago
“Lights is blinding, girls need blinders.” — Jay-Z, “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
CR888,414 views • 8 days ago
This is an example of the traditional and spiritual healing practices of Adja Alimata Zonbo, a traditional healer (guérisseuse) from Burkina Faso. In this session, she is seen working with a man who is described as suffering from paralysis. Through her traditional healing process, she performs a series of ritual and spiritual practices intended to restore his movement and wellbeing. The session offers a glimpse into a living healing tradition in Burkina Faso, where spiritual practices, ritual objects, and traditional knowledge can form part of the healing process. The video documents what is presented as a healing session; it does not by itself establish a medical diagnosis or scientifically verify the cause of the man's condition or the effectiveness of the treatment.
CR8247,879 views • 25 days ago
In Aného, Togo, the Guin people of Glidji celebrate Épé-Ekpé, their traditional New Year, with ritual dances, drumming, songs and ceremonies rooted in ancestral and spiritual traditions. The date of Ékpéssosso is not fixed in the Gregorian calendar. It is determined through traditional divination and ceremonies, including Kpémama, which in 2026 established September 3 as the day of the sacred stone's revelation, marking the beginning of the new year.
CR8292,828 views • 1 month ago
Ndo Banan is a traditional initiation music and dance of the Madjingaye Sara people of southern Chad. Associated with the public return of young women after initiation, it features rapid hip movements, waist rattles, colorful mede beads and distinctive costumes. The dance belongs to the wider Sara initiation tradition known as Yondo or Ndoh, where initiates undergo seclusion and learn adult roles before returning to the community. What you see is more than a performance. It is a cultural expression of initiation, identity and community, preserving a tradition of the Sara people of southern Chad.
CR8182,846 views • 22 days ago
Some African rivers have an almost unnatural emerald green colour, yet the water can be crystal clear and completely free of pollution or an algae bloom. The colour can come from a combination of geology, dissolved minerals, microscopic mineral particles, water depth, and light scattering. In clear water over pale rock or sand, sunlight can produce an intense emerald or turquoise appearance. But is that what we’re seeing in this particular video? Is the river actually this intensely green, or has a filter or colour grading been applied?
CR8156,039 views • 28 days ago