Women getting "married" but not in a relationship, family members "testing" the ability of their child's future spouse and kidnapping a woman to marry her. Sounds like movies but no, these are some of the strange marriage customs we discuss in this episode. Buckle up and enjoy the wild ride! Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuTYzTqseXvH1RkmxV-1XA Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES: 1. Banyankole: The African tribe where the groom must have sex with the bride’s aunt to test his potency (2022) GhanaWeb. Available at: https://www.ghanaweb.com/lifestyle/trenderhq/Banyankole-The-African-tribe-where-the-groom-must-have-sex-with-the-bride-s-aunt-to-test-his-potency-19142#:~:text=Banyankole%3A%20The%20African%20tribe%20where,aunt%20to%20test%20his%20potency (Accessed: 15 May 2023). 2. Codingest (no date) Kalanga: A Tribe/culture where the bride sleeps with her father in-law on wedding night, African Writers Desk. Available at: https://awdesk.com/kalanga-a-tribeculture-where-the-bride-sleeps-with-her-father-in-law-on-wedding-night (Accessed: 15 May 2023). 3. Herskovits, M.J. (1937) ‘A note on “woman marriage” in dahomey’, Africa, 10(3), pp. 335–341. doi:10.2307/1155299. 4. Today, S.A. (2022) 7 unique African marriage traditions, FurtherAfrica. Available at: https://furtherafrica.com/2022/04/23/7-unique-african-marriage-traditions/ (Accessed: 15 May 2023). 5. ‘nu’uhegme’a’: The mystic frafra marriage custom that compels women to remain faithful to their husbands (2022) GhanaWeb. Available at: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Nu-uhe-gme-a-The-mystic-Frafra-marriage-custom-that-compels-women-to-remain-faithful-to-their-husbands-1543736 (Accessed: 15 May 2023). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africas-untold-stories/message

Hi guys! Join us as we discuss two very significant women whose stories were almost lost to time--Pokou of the Baoule of Ivory Coast and Sarraounia of the Azna of Niger. We give background to the worlds they find themselves in, the occasions that necessitated that they step up, and how they did so exquisitely. Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuTYzTqseXvH1RkmxV-1XA Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES: 1. https://www.themodernnovel.org/africa/other-africa/niger/mamani/sarraounia/ 2. Elara Bertho , « Sarraounia, an African queen between history and literary myth (Niger, 1899-2010) » ,  Genre & Histoire [Online], 8 | Spring 2011, online November 21, 2011 , accessed April 15, 2023 . URL  : http://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/1218; DOI  : https://doi.org/10.4000/genderhistory.1218 3. Dadié, B., & Dixon, M. (1979). The Baoulé Legend. Callaloo, 7, 6–7. https://doi.org/10.2307/2930703 4. Weiskel, T. C. (1978). The Precolonial Baule: A Reconstruction (Le Baule précolonial: reconstruction). Cahiers d’Études Africaines, 18(72), 503–560. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4391626 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africas-untold-stories/message

Part 2 ! We wrap up our discussion on scarification with the final general use case and some isolated and peculiar cases. Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuTYzTqseXvH1RkmxV-1XA Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES:1. The Clothing of Political Identity: Costume and Scarification in the Benin Kingdom by Joseph Nevadomsky and Ekhaguosa Aisien. Source: African Arts , Winter, 1995, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 62-73+1002. Boundaries of Beauty: Tattooed Secrets of Women's History in Magude District, Southern Mozambique by Heidi Gengenbach. Source: African Arts (Vol. 28, Issue 1). Winter3. The Clothing of Political Identity: Costume and Scarification in the Benin Kingdom by Nevadomsky, J., & Aisien, E. (1995). Source : JOurnal of Women's History (Vol. 106, Issue 4). Winter 4. Vaughan, M. (2007). Scarification in Africa. Cultural and Social History, 4(3), 385–400. https://doi.org/10.2752/147800407x219269 5. Orjinmo, N. (2022). Nigeria’s facial scars: The last generation - BBC News. BBC News, Abuja. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61229617 6. Adjovi, L. (2014). Why some people want facial scars - BBC News. BBC Africa, Benin. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27412311 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africas-untold-stories/message

Hiya ! In this episode we discuss the seemingly strange practice of scarification on the continent. This is the first episode on the topic. We look at why certain cultures practice scarification and we examine a couple of the practices, their origins and purposes. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuTYzTqseXvH1RkmxV-1XA Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES: 1. The Clothing of Political Identity: Costume and Scarification in the Benin Kingdom by Joseph Nevadomsky and Ekhaguosa Aisien. Source: African Arts , Winter, 1995, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 62-73+100 2. Boundaries of Beauty: Tattooed Secrets of Women's History in Magude District, Southern Mozambique by Heidi Gengenbach. Source: African Arts (Vol. 28, Issue 1). Winter 3. The Clothing of Political Identity: Costume and Scarification in the Benin Kingdom by Nevadomsky, J., & Aisien, E. (1995). Source : JOurnal of Women's History (Vol. 106, Issue 4). Winter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africas-untold-stories/message

Hi people! We're finally back with a full episode. Listen to us discuss writing and ideographic scripts from the Continent including Nsibidi of West Africa, Ge'ez of East Africa and Tifinagh of North Africa. Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Africas_UntoldS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africasuntoldstories/ Outro music provided by DCQ BEATZ: https://player.beatstars.com/?storeId=97074&trackId=2559403 REFERENCES: 1. Kasper Juffermans, Yonas Mesfun Asfaha, Ashraf Abdelhay (eds.) - African Literacies_ Ideologies, Scripts, Education (2014, Cambridge Scholars Publishing) 2. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland No. 1/2 (Apr., 1951), pp. 26-32 (8 pages) 3. A History of African Societies to 1870 (1997, Cambridge University Press) 4. The History of Africa_ The Quest for Eternal Harmony (2019, Routledge) 5. The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology 6. Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past 7. The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africas-untold-stories/message