The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 9th, 1996
When a Yoruba king of Nigeria goes out of town, he leaves his hat on the throne, and his people kneel to it as though their monarch still sat there.
In Zaire, if a high-status man dies on a journey, they may dig his grave on the spot but bury his hat at home.
Men in Kenya and Uganda often wear mud-based hats so intricate and elaborate that it's hard to tell where hat ends and head begins.
Nearly 200 examples of the grand and glorious headgear of Africa are on display in a heady exhibition at the National Museum of African Art.
The ritual and everyday adornments of the continent's myriad et...
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