Office of the Aunt

Among the Banyole people of eastern Uganda, feared by others for their uncanny ability to impose curses, aunts are decisive figures.

Jan Ajwang

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Cover image: Bust of an African woman, Joseph Cordier, The Walters Art Museum, via Wikimedia Commons