African Anthropologist provides a forum for African and Africanist anthropologists, researchers, social scientists, writers, thinkers, philosophers, and artists to explore what it means to be human. 

AA seeks to stimulate conversation on culture, diversity, ideas, and life processes' complex webs and fabrics while developing anthropological conceptual and theoretical frameworks and research methodologies. 

AA is committed to advancing anthropological research and practice developments, initiating and sustaining multidisciplinary collaboration, and protecting human life and human rights.

Cover art: Virtud Femenina, by artist Mene Manresa Bodipo. 

Published: 2025-12-29









Gelede Ketu revisited: Performance, gender, and the politics of identity in contemporary Yoruba culture

Damilola Waliyullahi Abimbola, Ezekiel Tanitolorun, Funmilayo Arinola Ade-ali, Sehedi Bamidele Suraju, Deborah Omolara Ilori

258-285



Correlational study of hand and auricular dimensions in an adult Igbo population in Imo State, Nigeria

Oghenefego Michael Adheke, Gabriel Sunday Oladipo, Ijeoma Confidence Chukwuebuka, Sandra Oghenetega Yegbeburu

323-345



Ritual aesthetics in Osun Osogbo Festival in southwest Nigeria

Emmanuel Ebere Uzoji, PhD, Abass Sodiq, MA

386–409



The beliefs associated with days: The case of Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday among the Dagbamba of Northern Ghana

Mohammed Osman Nindow, Mphil, Iddrisu Abdallah, Mphil, Issahaku Sulemana, Mphil

436–456

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