Many aspects of daily life in Africa are connected with rituals -- meals are blessed, homes are protected by gods and spirits, and friends and families meet to celebrate with food and drink.

The daily court life of a Cameroon Grasslands kingdom is a good illustration of how everyday activities and objects (like clothing, food containers, and furniture) may be connected to ritual and prestige. The physical and political center of every kingdom or chiefdom is the palace of the Fon (king). The palace is the center of life around the king's court.