Waist Beads, Kumasi, Ghana by hampusklarin from Flickr.com. CC BY-2.0
To inform Africans and the African dispora on the essential meaning behind this piece of jewerly. Lately there has been an increased usage of the African waist beads without proper reasearch being done as to how to wear it correctly and the purpose it is supposed to serve. Our mission is that by the end of reviewing this website, you'll be able to understand what exactly is an African waist bead and why it is a traditional still practiced to this day.
The African waist bead is a piece of jewerly not worn around your actual waist, but around your hip area. The traditional ornaments are made up of clay but as of lately there has been waist beads made up of plastic.