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- A Chiwara (also Chi wara, Ci Wara, or Tyi Wara; Bambara: ciwara; French: tchiwara) is a ritual object representing an antelope, used by the Bambara ethnic...
- Letty Chiwara (born February 1967) is a Zimbabwean official of the United Nations. She is the UN Women Representative in Malawi, the African Union Commission...
- Ntikuma Katarwiri Kwase Benefo Kweku Tsin Nyame Owuo Tano Jok Odudu Bemba Chiwara Duga Faro Kontron Muso Koroni Ndomadyiri Ninimini Sanen Suruku Teliko Katonda...
- pain Chiwara headdress (male); late 19th-early 20th century; 72.4 x 30.5 x 7 cm (281⁄2 x 12 x 23⁄4 in.); by Bambara people; Brooklyn Museum. Chiwara masks...
- (a representation of abundant harvest. Bambara antelope masks (called chiwara) have long horns representing the thriving growth of millet, legs (representing...
- Two Bambara Chiwara c. late 19th / early 20th centuries. Female (left) and male Vertical styles....
- Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago. Female (left) and male Vertical styles...
- traditional beliefs, such as in the rituals of initiation groups like Chiwara, and Dwo, and beliefs in the power of nyama (a spiritual power existing...
- Two Bambara Chiwara c. late 19th - early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago. Female (left) and male Vertical styles...
- agricultural tradition is the Bamana people of Mali. The antelope (called Chiwara) is believed to have taught man the secrets of agriculture. Although the...