Bògòlanfini, the Mythos behind Mudcloth
It was through the harnessing of natural materials ― the iron-rich mud of river-beds, the extracts of leaves, bark, and roots, and the energy of the intense West African sunlight …
Category: Mythos
The mystical, cosmological narrative that grounds each culture in an otherwise mysterious universe.
The Weaver
Somewhere in the Futa Tooro region of Senegal, a Tukolor weaver, or mabube, reenacts an ancient ritual. He gathers his loom parts — pulley, wheel, shuttle, beater that have been …