Akuaba
Ghana
Akuaba, the Ashante fertility fetish, has a large flat head, rolls of fat on the neck (a sign of beauty), short arms, with the legless torso ending in a cylindrical base. First consecrated by priests, the fetish’s flat shape makes it easy for a woman who hopes to conceive to carry it on her back.
This entity appears in the story “13. African Newcomers”.