TRIBAL AFRICAN ART BAGA (BAGGA) Guinea and Guinea-Bissau Today, the Baga people, 60,000 in total, occupy the northern coast of Guinea and the southern coast of Guinea-Bissau. They live in the marshy area flooded six months of the year, during which time the only way to get around is by a dugout canoe. They live in villages divided into two to four quarters, which are in turn divided into five or six clans. Traditionally, the village is headed by the eldest member of each clan. The men fish a ...

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Baga Information Location:Coast of Guinea-Conakry Population:60,000 Language:Baga (Mel) Neighboring Peoples:Nalu, Susu, Maninka Types of Art:Wooden figures, often worn or carried in the form of masks, are used by the initiation societies to educate initiates about the role of the spirits whom they represent. Large wooden serpent figures appear at initiations, and carved anthropomorphic figures are placed on shrines. The ancestors are represented in figures that embody both human a ...