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• Review: Sowei Mask: Spirit of Sierra Leone at the British Museum

  By Nara Improta and Katie Reid on 8 April , 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The exhibit is centred around one Sierra Leonean mask, a ‘sowei’ mask of the all-female Sande societies, worn at ritual public celebrations and ceremonies by the societies’ high officials when masquerading as the spirit of the Sande as ndoli jowei (‘the… Read More ›