Baoulé people
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The Baule or Baoulé are an Akan people and one of the largest ethnicities in Ivory Coast. The Baoulé are traditionally farmers who live in the centre of Ivory Coast, in a French braid shaped region be
La danse baoulé
Kingdom of Baoulé amongst other precolonial kingdoms.
This Baoulé slingshot dates from the late 1980s/early 1990s. From the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Example of a kple kple mask, with rounded horns and a rectangular mouth for the wearer to see through.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993. A
Baoulé people
…Bouaké and Yamoussoukro. The Baoulé have come to play a relatively important role in the recent history of Ivory Coast: the state's first president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, was a Baoulé; additionally, since the Ivorian cocoa boom of the 1960-1970s, the Baoulé have also become one of the most widespread ethnicities throughout…
Houphouët-Boigny in 1962
The Palais Bourbon, where Houphouët-Boigny was appointed to the territorial commission
Houphouët-Boigny in 1958
Boigny with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, 1962