Moko jumbies, elegant, ethereal stilt walkers drawn from West African traditions, are said to straddle the divide between heaven and earth because of their towering height. These captivating ...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Shynel Brizan remembers her first Kings and Queens of Carnival competition like it was yesterday. It was 2012. She was 19 years old and still relatively new to the moko ...
Wander into the British Museum’s Great Court these days, and you’ll encounter two large, black and gold Moko Jumbie sculptures guarding the staircases on either side. Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie displayed ...