But sometimes it has to come out. Africans have different ways to tell or hide secrets.

This exhibitions did not tell us the secrets, but told us how they hid them.

There were about 100 masks, figures, textiles, and architectural sculptures.

There was a figure there that look like an animal, but it was something that held power.

The power inside was unknown, but the person that made it knows what kind of power it holds.

All the masks and other things hold knowledge. Some Resist-Dyes Cloth held a knowledge plus a secret too.

Respect is very valuable. The way the men give respect to women is by making beautiful mask of their women.

The women give respect to the men by making gorgeous designs on the Resist-Dyed Cloths.

The other way they showed respect was by keeping their deceased loved ones spirit with them.

One of the faces had no mouth. That meant that the face was keeping a secret.

The culture of Africa was very interesting. They would use mirrors to protect them from evil. We use mirrors to see what we look like.

The tribes in Africa have different cultures. Some of them put rings on their mouths.

To me they sound strange, but to them this is a way of life.

Warriors wear robes to dance in parades. The robes they wear are very pretty.

The robes are made of cloth. Sometimes they do not wear the robes, they just wear pants.

But their robes are always secrets. A Kifrvebe is a great grandparents that wears this special suit when their family has done something wrong.

They are dressed in black, so nobody could see them in the dark. They usually scare the person half to death. They used corvy shells as money. They also use them for fighting evil. Corvy Shells are small shells. There are some of them on the Kifrvebe too.

The hunter's jacket has a story to every piece of an animal. Hermight has caught a leopard. Then he takes a piece of the leopard and puts it on his shirt. Then he takes an elephant tooth. Then a piece of lions fur. So that's what a hunter's jacket is like.

JUANAE SIMMONS Primary 7, West End.