Initiés. Bassin du Congo. Moyen-âge Plato paints the portrait of

Plato paints the portrait of a flamboyant politician in his youth: Alcibiades

From there

They were free men and citizens

Claude Mirguet

Initiés. Bassin du Congo. Moyen-âge Plato paints the portrait ofIn sub Saharan Africa, being initiated means first of all that one has followed, over a long period and in trying conditions, a specific teaching reserved for a category of individuals. Then, certain rules of behavior specific to the group from which one comes are shared with other people, most often of the same age and sex. This work, which brings together texts by art historians, ethnologists and anthropologists, reveals how and why many ritual