34.02 RWANDA, Virunga, Warriors of the Earth
In the African Museum (Tervuren), in front of a shaman mask that attracts our attention. ‘I am Mkungu, I am a guardian, I am a spirit from the Mkungu tribe. To you these are mere wooden statues and masks, to us they are spirits. Spirits incarnated into matter. And they have a special purpose, they …