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African Status Symbols: Researched by Emily McClain and Zoë Pixler

August, 2020 by Ashley McLaughlin

As in most cultures, in African cultures, symbols of status are used to make distinctions among classes or other groups of people.  The owners of status objects are recognized as powerful, wealthy, or high-ranking.  In Africa, high-status individuals include people with hereditary power such as royalty; spiritual leaders; high-ranking military or civic leaders; prosperous … [Read more...] about African Status Symbols: Researched by Emily McClain and Zoë Pixler

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