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Bruce Onobrakpeya: the Urhobo printmaker who invented new ways to make art
Bruce Onobrakpeya, born in 1932, is one of Nigeria's most influential artists. A member of the Zaria Art…
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Nike Davies-Okundaye: the adire artist who built one of West Africa’s largest galleries
Nike Davies-Okundaye, born in 1951 in Ogidi, Kogi State, rose from a village childhood to become one of…
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Mbari houses: the Igbo clay shrines built for the earth goddess Ala
Mbari houses were open-sided shrines filled with painted clay sculptures, built by Owerri Igbo communities to honour Ala,…
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Ere ibeji: the Yoruba twin figures carved to honour a lost child
The Yoruba have one of the highest rates of twin births in the world. When a twin died,…
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Ben Enwonwu’s “Tutu”: the lost portrait of a Yoruba princess that sold for £1.2 million
Ben Enwonwu painted Tutu, a portrait of Ile-Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, in 1974. The painting disappeared for decades…
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The Ife heads: the naturalistic sculptures that changed how the world saw African art
The copper-alloy and terracotta heads of Ile-Ife, made between roughly the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, are among the…
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Goldberg Unveils Iconic Talking Drum above Ibadan’s Cocoa House
See Goldberg unveil a unique talking drum in Ibadan's historic Cocoa House