Arts + Culture
Chi wara: the Bamana antelope headdresses that honour the first farmer
Chi wara headdresses, carved by the Bamana people of Mali, show stylised antelopes. Worn in pairs by dancers…
West African art
Arts + Culture
Akuaba: the Asante wooden figures carried by women hoping for a child
Akuaba are small carved wooden figures with flat, round heads, made by Akan carvers in Ghana. By tradition,…
Arts + Culture
The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes: West Africa’s oldest known bronze art, found by a man digging a cistern
In 1938, a man digging a water cistern in Igbo-Ukwu, in today's Anambra State, found bronze objects of…