Le matriarcat africain vu dans l’usage des couvercles à proverbes par les femmes Woyo

Jean Emmanuel TSHIBANGU TSHIAPOTA

African matriarchy as seen in the use of proverb lids by Woyo women

Authors

Jean Emmanuel TSHIBANGU TSHIAPOTA Historien, muséologue, chercheur à l’Institut des Musées Nationaux du Congo, Section Histoire et traditions orales Author

Keywords:

matriarchy, African woman, proverb lids, Woyo

Abstract

This study challenges the idea that African women had no right to speak in traditional societies. The use of proverb lids by Woyo women instead demonstrates the existence of a visual and proverbial language through which they conveyed social messages in a matriarchal setting.