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Some people see what they
believe and some people believe
what they see. What is the
reality?
Oumar Cissé insists it is belief that counts. He has made beaded jewelry practically all his life. The beads have powers – if you believe it, he says. He points to the Fulani wedding bead, presented to Fulani women on the day they are married. 
"Each one has a lot of color," he says. "One week after the wedding, they give
these to the woman. One day you are happy, one day you are not happy. When
you are not happy, you look at the beads and the color will make you happy."
The beads are talking to people and help people, Cissé says. His company, Farafi na Tigne means 'African Reality'. "The reality is, a long time ago the beads were used as money, cowrie shells," he says. "All the jewelry we make with the beads means something. Every day I get a new bead, I get a new idea because every bead has a story." |
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