Kabre of Togo

Deonte James Hollowell

The Kabre, a Voltaic people from northern Togo (which is located in West Africa), profess that the first human being was an androgynous being who descended from the sky, which is said to be male, to the Earth, which is female. Kumberito landed between two small mountain ranges where the Kabre community is currently located. For some years, Kumberito roamed the caves and plains, eventually becoming frightened by what he thought were the sounds of men coming to kill him, but were only sounds of owls hooting in the night. He subsequently fled to the mountains of the northern massif, where he settled, built a house above ground, and ultimately produced the children who founded the area's other communities. At death, Kumberito came back to the Earth, along with his descendents who The ...

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