They would not only chatter when your take those majestic steps; they wouldn’t just enhance your already beautiful shape and they would no longer hang on those shapely necks arms , waist and legs, just for the purpose of tradition – this time, the will make you totally feminine and sensual because  when you will walk  past people, you  will make not only wake them, you will also leave behind a scent , as a reminder of your presence.

During  those formative years when beads were worn underneathclothes in their raw state, traditionalist still found them sexy and attractive . 

Today, the drive for beads is even greater, especially with the emergence of different  fashion designers, who through diverse  ways have tried  and are still trying to modify and improve upon them. Consciously and passionately, Africa is returning to the good old days when wealth , in the kingdom of women, could not be measured without including  the amount and type of beads they possessed . These were the days when women struggled to possessed beads the same way they did to  possess clothes.

Some women have worn them, others have coveted then,  then, seduced by success, others sacrifices everything within their rage to become like them. No wonder when the old–lady wakes up and discovers the theft of three old fashioned box, filled with beads, her screams exceeds that of the stabbed and she wails like one who has lost a  child. This becomes the talk of the community with sympathizes moving to and for her house , leaving her with words of hope and comfort

Beads count out the history of encounters, exchanges and passions. Their power may be munificent, malevolent, mystical or symbolic.