ARCHITECTURE
Great Zimbabwe is known for these massive stone structures built without mortar.
What are dry-stone walls?
The Great Mosque of Djenné is rebuilt every year using this material.
What is adobe (mud plaster)?
The Golden Stool represents this concept for the Ashanti people.
What is unity and royal authority?
The Great Mosque of Djenné shows the influence of this religion in West Africa.
What is Islam?
The ruler of Benin is called this title.
What is the Oba?
The Great Mosque of Djenné is located in this modern country.
What is Mali?
Wall plaques from Benin were created using this metalworking technique.
What is lost-wax casting?
Nkisi N’kondi power figures were used to settle these.
What are disputes or conflicts?
Wall plaques come from the royal court of this kingdom.
What is Benin?
The Golden Stool symbolizes the power of this empire.
What is the Ashanti Empire?
Sudano-Sahelian architecture is primarily made using this material.
What is mud brick (adobe)?
Ndop figures and Ikenga shrine figures are most often carved from this material.
What is wood?
Chi Wara headdresses celebrate this type of work essential to society.
What is farming/agriculture?
Ndop figures represent rulers from this Central African kingdom.
What is the Kuba Kingdom?
Ndop figures represent idealized versions of these leaders.
What are kings/rulers?
The wooden beams sticking out of Djenné’s mosque help with this function.
What is maintenance/repair scaffolding?
The Aka elephant mask includes beads and this woven fiber material.
What is raffia?
Female (Pwo) masks represent this ideal social role.
What is ideal womanhood and fertility?
The Lukasa memory board is associated with this group that preserved history.
Who are the Luba people?
Ikenga shrine figures represent personal success and this idea.
What is achievement and strength?
Great Zimbabwe developed near this valuable natural resource.
What is gold?
Lukasa memory boards are “read” using touch because they rely on this sense.
What is tactile (touch-based) memory?
Lukasa memory boards preserve this type of knowledge.
What is history and oral tradition?
Great Zimbabwe shows the importance of this economic system.
What is long-distance trade (especially gold trade)?
Many African royal artworks connect rulers to this source of legitimacy.
What is ancestral or spiritual authority?