The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world (45/1000 births). The birth of twins is an occasion to celebrate, but it is also cause for concern, for twins can bring their parents good fortune or great trouble. Twins are more...
Among the Sanwi subgroup of the Anyi near Krinjabo, and other groups in southern Ivory Coast and Ghana, fired clay figures and headsserved to commemorate deceased men and women. The figures were considered to be portraits of the dead, with...
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world (45/1000 births). The birth of twins is an occasion to celebrate, but it is also cause for concern, for twins can bring their parents good fortune or great trouble. Twins are more...