African Festivals and Rituals
Tradition· Podcast · Season 1 · Episode 11

African Festivals and Rituals

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Sesi & Haleemah
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July 16, 202126:35
Pan-African
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Summary

Every African society has rituals it returns to, some of them centuries old. This episode is a tour of the ones witnessed firsthand and the ones we've grown up hearing about.
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