Mende women reenact a traditional funeral ceremony in Sierre Leone – Mende women demonstrate a funeral ceremony in Senehun Ngola, Sierra Leone singing a song that survived both in that country and among the traditions of a Gullah family from the Georgia Sea Islands; 1997.
Word, Shout, Song: Mende Women Funeral Reenactment
Image courtesy of Joseph Opala, Harrisonburg, Virginia
August 4, 2010
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