HOW ELEGANT ARE AFRICAN BEADS

When it comes to beautiful jewelry perhaps continent of Africa is best known for its handmade beautiful beadwork. The beads that are made in Africa are often called trade beads because in many centuries they were used in exchange for goods or used as currency. Now called “African beads” jewelry were discovered from approximately 10,000 B.C. and they comes from Libya, but then ancient Egypt also produced beautiful designs of bead work dating back to 1500 B.C.
Makai beaded jewelry is made based on strict tribal rules associated with the colors and layout. Makai women wear really beautiful beaded jewelry on special occasions for instance weddings. Women of the Pokot tribe who live in Kenya and Uganda are recognized for wearing beautiful broad beaded collars and also necklaces. The women from the Turkana tribe, who normally live in the Turkana district inside Kenya’s Rift Valley Land, wear beadwork that implies their social status. Yoruba kings of Nigeria were known because of their incredible beaded crowns.


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