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Masks of Africa

I am the idea of their reality

Allusions in their imagination

Carved from ancient hands

From figment to visualization

As abyss as African eyes

Black and polished like African skin

Dignified, and elaborate, kin

Stare inside the deep grooves of my face and relive the past

I am carved, woven and sculpted from the finest gold cast

A medium between the living and dead

Fallen kings and tribes, are resurrected then I adorn the head

I summons powerful spirits through meditation and trances

Manifesting their presences through chants and dances

Receiving secrets, answers, healings and tradition

Possessing my wearers soul embracing cultural superstitions

Believe, believe, believe and you shall see

Initiations, rituals, cures, and religious ceremonies are my specialty

I bring fertility to the women of the village

Newly circumcised boys come face to face with their sexuality

I turn boys to men, men to kings, and kings to Deities

I am the centuries between the present and the ancient societies

The center of African mythologies

A. Smith (copyright) 2004

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