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The seances d’animation are a traditional African ritual, involving dance and music, to herald the arrival of royalty. The President revives the ritual into common use as a means of appealing to the bush and exalting African tradition as a part of modern culture.
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Seances d’animation Term Timeline in A Bend in the River
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Chapter 12
...swinging more and more African. Each time they went anywhere, they were met by a seances d’animation in traditional fashion. During one such ceremony, Yvette tried to speak to the Big Man...
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