Konkomba

An account of their fighting tactics, published in Africa Report, described contingents of Konkomba men on bicycles attacking villages in the early morning hours.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

Simon, ethnically a Kusase, claimed it was nearly impossible to have a civilized pint of beer with a Konkomba man.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

An account of their fighting tactics, published in Africa Report, described contingents of Konkomba men on bicycles attacking villages in the early morning hours.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

Simon, ethnically a Kusase, claimed it was nearly impossible to have a civilized pint of beer with a Konkomba man.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

An account of their fighting tactics, published in Africa Report, described contingents of Konkomba men on bicycles attacking villages in the early morning hours.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

Simon, ethnically a Kusase, claimed it was nearly impossible to have a civilized pint of beer with a Konkomba man.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

The Konkomba language is unlike any other in the north, and he couldn’t understand a word.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

The Konkomba people “don’t mind” if their mother is at a witch camp, Sasu told us, meaning they don’t bring gifts of food or charcoal or sleeping mats.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

I figured I’d misheard until John explained that in Konkomba custom, if a man elopes with a woman he must send someone to the woman’s family as his emissary to apologize for taking their daughter without paying for her first.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

With enough alcohol flowing through his veins, Simon claimed, a Konkomba man will invariably start throwing punches, and he won’t stop until his knuckles have broken bones or drawn blood.

Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010