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Harvest songs

Kabye and Tem harvesters singing traditional work songs while carrying grain sheaves in northern Togo.

Songs of the Sheaf Bearers

Every year, when the rainy season gave way to warm sunshine across the northern regions of Togo, the fields surrounding Kabye and Tem villages slowly transformed into waves of golden grain. Millet, sorghum, and other important crops stood ready for harvest after months of careful planting, weeding, and patient waiting. For farming families, this season marked the reward for countless

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