Greeting styles and gestures you need to learn when you visit these African communities

Yoruba

In the Yoruba culture, prostration and kneeling as a style of greeting have been practised for a long time. Boys and men prostrate and girls and women kneel when greeting someone thought to be older or in a high position. The most expressive form for men is completely lying down with only the head raised up.  For the women, one can either kneel on both knees or just use a single knee without necessarily touching the ground.

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However, the introduction of the handshake is seeing this old greeting style get lost to history.