The Sona sand drawings from the Tchokwe people of Northeast Angola are part liturgical songs and ancient ritual – a kind of Mnemonic language endured by oral tradition and depicted on sacred objects. Images: Mario Fontinha, “Desenhos na Areia dos Quiocos do Nordeste de Angola” (Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropical: Lisboa, 1983).
Afro-Sonic Mapping 
Olá! Me chamo André. O que podemos entender sobre o sona gravado principalmente na testa das mascaras Tchokwe, o desenho é um losango ao centro com 4 triângulos na extremidade formando uma cruz, seria uma representação Tchokwe da Dikenga dia Kongo do cosmograma Bakongo?
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Hi Andre, When the Ngola permitted Diogo Ciao and his entourage permission to enter the city of Mbanza
they were surprised by many things besides the architecture and tax systems firmly in place and as you know the symbol of the cross was a longtime fixture in many Kongo Belief systems Thank you for reaching out and thank you for reading Do you have my book Afro-Sonic Mapping? published by Archive Books Berlin. Best Satch
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