Architecture Blend of Old and New: The rich history and future of Nigerian architecture, from traditional styles to modern innovations.
A thread for innovations from the Igbo area, focusing on indigenous social structure as it relates to technology, arts and architecture.
In 1910 a majestic bronze sculpture was found in the Nigerian city of Ife. It obsessed a German ethnologist, but his racist assumptions about Africa and its people kept him from exploring the true artistic genius of the Yoruba culture and its creations.
A thread for innovations from the Igbo area, focusing on indigenous social structure as it relates to technology, arts and architecture.
Yoruba Olumeye (Kneeling Female Offering Bowl) Nigeria Earthenware pot with four handles,with applied sculptural elements, possibly Igbo people Nigeria ca. 1900-24 African art motives In many parts of Africa there is still a vital interaction that occurs between the people, their pottery and arts, and the spirit world. Originally, all across Africa, their ceremonial art had a purpose - attracting blessings for good harvests, bringing fertility, warding off disease along with natural calamities and evil spirits and lso helping make social decisions and reaching judgments. The finished products were usually subjected to a ritualistic process
The Nation Newspaper Ibadan indigenes rise for a befitting palace for Olubadan
Nigeria has grown to be Africa’s largest economy; the country has transformed from an unpretentious mishmash to a soaring capital in less than a century. You will be amazed at how Nigeria has changed throughout
African potters create their pots differently depending on the origins of their different traditions and associated dietary and religious customs
Portal to an Igbo compound with wooden carved door/gate and relief figures in earth. Northern Igbo. Photo: J Stocker, early 20th century.
The story of Abeokuta, the abode of the Egbas (and Owus), started with their liberation from the sovereignty of the Alafin of Oyo Empire, to which the Egbas had belonged. The Liberation took place …
Nigeria has grown to be Africa’s largest economy; the country has transformed from an unpretentious mishmash to a soaring capital in less than a century. You will be amazed at how Nigeria has changed throughout
