Author: M Fongbeh Konneh

The practice of tapping palm wine has been with our great grandparents from generations to generations. Its role is to foster social connections among matured village residents. Palm wine is something that we drink to honor our ancestors by pouring it to the ground. It is served during casual visits, gatherings and formal occasions like Poro society graduation, funeral, worship sites, wedding, naming ceremony, etc.The practice of tapping palm wine is also associated with the village men secret society. Its activities are closely monitor by the Poro Grand Master, the ‘Ngafuiwe”. That is why women and nonmembers of the Poro…

M Fongbeh Konneh is a citizen of Bondowalahun #2. He is from the Gbandi tribal group. M Fongbeh is passionate about his heritage and often narrates interesting stories about his homeland. In this article, M Fongbeh Konneh reflects on the old days when boys and girls of rural villages/towns gathered to play traditional games of all kinds during regular moonlight play. Below are his thoughts about the traditional Gbandi games he thinks have been forgotten too soon.I was born and raised in Hembeh, in the Gbandi land. Growing up as a child, I played many forms of traditional games with…