But there is a rich history of distinct and intricate jewelry craft ... Masai neckpieces; South Africa’s Ndebele beading; Malian Tuareg adornment, Nigerian coral beads and ancient Egyptian ...

European slave-traders paid African middle-men to bring native ... When they arrived at Fort James, soldiers tore the bead necklaces from their necks, thereby robbing them of their identities ...

Beads have appeared in abundance in the archaeological record of African societies ... the oceans and sharpened and polished into jewelry. Precious coral grows in the bush-like formation in ...