The Mask
The orange section is dedicated to masks. These sacred objects belong to many different peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, and are believed to help them contact the supernatural spirits. Some masks, in fact, reach up...
The daily life
The yellow section is dedicated to objects from daily life: work tools, containers, seats, headrests, combs, ornaments. These objects help you imagine what life is like in an African village and what are the...
Tukul
Enter now under the tukul, the central hut of the museum that represents the meeting point of the community. The elders have an important role in the community when it meets: they teach, take...
The statues of the Ancestors
It is not by chance that the room ends with the statues of the ancestors, because life is a circle, a journey that never ends but continues into the afterlife. The statues are the...
The Ndebele people
Proceed now towards the objects related adulthood: you will immediately be attracted by the colours of the Ndebele people! Try to pronounce this name… not easy, is it?!
The Ndebele live in northern South Africa,...
The green section
The green section is dedicated to the circle of life: in this room are in fact displayed objects that refer to the stages of life from maternity and birth to old age.
This truly large...
Welcome to the “Museo Africano” of Verona!
The exhibits were brought here to Verona at the end of the nineteenth century by the COMBIONI MISSIONARIES, who work in sub-Saharan Africa and take their name from Saint Daniel Comboni. This building was...
Welcome to the African Museum of the Comboni Missionaries at Verona
The African theologian John Mbiti writes: "In Africa I am because we are", meaning that only the sense of belonging to a concrete community gives to the person the elements necessary to define his...
GREEN SECTION: LIFE CYCLE
The green section is dedicated to the cycle of life. In a continent where children - as expression of continuation of life - are seen as new energy and common richness for the family...
THE CENTRAL HUT
This central space reproduces a stylized hut. In many African villages there is a space like this, where people come together to discuss their daily issues and problems, and make important decisions for the...