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Senufo people

The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group. They consist of diverse subgroups living in a region spanning the northern Ivory Coast, the southeastern Mali and the western Burkina Faso.[1][2][3] One sub-group, the Nafana, is found in north-western Ghana.[4]

The Senufo people are predominantly animists,[3] with some who are Muslims.[5] They are regionally famous for their handicrafts, many of which feature their cultural themes and religious beliefs.[6]

Ceremonial Drum of the Senufo People

French colonial empire

Islam in Africa

Traditional African religion

Korhogo Cloth

Holas, Bohumil (1957) Les Sénoufo (y compris les Minianka), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

Spindel, Carol (1989). In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove. Vintage.  0-679-72214-9. ISBN 978-0-679-72214-4.

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Glaze, Anita J. (1981) Art and Death in a Senufo Village. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

at Art&Life in Africa.

The Senufo people

Mali.

Centre Senoufo

Masabo Culture Company.

'About the Senoufo People'

The Sejen bird figures of the Senufo People, Ivory Coast

an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the Senufo people

For spirits and kings: African art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman collection