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F_Meignant Says: The throne of the dead Naba. When the King dies, his corpse is placed on this throne and all the inhabitants meet for a great feast that takes place in front of the corpse. A way to say him goodbye.Only at this occasion, the door on the left of the picture is open to take...
F_Meignant Says: This one is a kind of obelisk covered with mosaic. The signs are called “les Signes de la Souris” (the Signs of the Mouse). They are a series of symbolic signs that were (and still are) used to predict the future.The man who knows them draws them in a certain order on the...
F_Meignant Says: This statue made of iron tubes is 15 metres high. It represents the “Chef des Terres” (Head of the Lands), the Tinga-Naba. Actually the most powerful man of the village even though he is under the Chief in the hierarchy.The Tinga-Naba distributes the pieces of land between...
F_Meignant Says: According to the tradition, when you arrive in a village, you first have to salute the Chief and ask him the authorization to visit the village.Manéga’s chief has the title of King (Naba). He’s sitting in front of his house’s door under the shadow of a tree. His throne is… a...
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According to the tradition, when you arrive in a village, you first have to salute the Chief and ask him the authorization to visit the village.Manéga’s chief...
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Manéga is the village where was born Titinga Pacéré, a writer from Burkina, international lawyer and former President of the International Court for Rwanda. A strange village that has entirely been...
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