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    mask was used by dancers at male initiation ceremonies. The Tyi Warra (or ciwara) headdress was used at harvest time by young men chosen from the farmers...
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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...
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    L'Afrique humiliée. Fayard. 2012 L'Afrique mutilée. Taama Editions. 1995 – Ciwara Prize of Excellence 1996 – Knight of the National Order of Mali 2004 – Prince...
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