The Bembe live west of Lake Tanganyika southeast of the Lega and north of the Tabwa. Their neighbors to the southwest are the Boyo. Like all of their neighbors to the west, families or clans carved figures of ancestors. This piece was carved by...
The Bembe live west of Lake Tanganyika southeast of the Lega and north of the Tabwa. Their neighbors to the southwest are the Boyo. Like all of their neighbors to the west, families or clans carved figures of ancestors. This piece was carved by...
K.V. Tirumalesh discusses literature, translation, and criticism in this talk given at the Iowa City Public Library on Oct. 6, 2004. Sulkhan Zhordania's talk, "On the Symbolic Action and the Symbolic Association," covers the ideas in stories and...
Lyda (age 69) talks with her friend and former neighbor, Joellen (age 68) about the flooding that drove them out of their neighborhood. They talk about evacuating, losing their homes, and their hopes to rebuild.
This small, very old mask bears a number of points of similarity with masks of the Bembe people on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika; the use of red and white pigment and the concave orbits of the eyes are typical of the alunga society masks...