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Ladi Kwali was born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was an indigenous occupation among women. [3] She learned pottery as a child through her aunt, using the traditional method of coiling. She made large pots for use as water jars, cooking pots, bowls, and flasks from coils of clay, beaten from the ...
Jenevieve Aken (born 1989), photographer known for documentary photos, self-portraits and urban photos; Lola Akinmade Åkerström, Nigerian-born Swedish photographer and travel writer; Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911–1994), was a self-taught photographer and pioneer of Nigerian photography; Kelechi Amadi-Obi (born 1969), photographer, painter ...
Esther Omolayo Kolawole (born 4 January 2002) [1] is a Nigerian wrestler.She represents Nigeria at international competitions. In August 2022, she won bronze in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.
Prior to 9400 BCE, Niger-Congo speakers independently created and used matured ceramic technology [27] [28] (e.g., pottery, pots) to contain and cook grains (e.g., Digitaria exilis, pearl millet); [27] [29] ethnographically and historically, West African women have been the creators of pottery in most West African ceramic traditions [30] [31 ...
These masks showcase an ideal image of an Igbo maiden. This ideal is made up by the smallness of a young girl’s features and the whiteness of her complexion, which is an indication that the mask is a spirit. This whiteness is created using a chalk substance used for ritually marking the body in both West Africa and the African Diaspora.
Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator Suzanna Ogunjami , painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
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Susanne Wenger MFR, also known as Adunni Olorisha (4 July 1915 – 12 January 2009), was an Austrian-Nigerian artist and Yoruba priestess [1] who expatriated to Nigeria. Her main focus was the Yoruba culture and she was successful in building an artist cooperative in Osogbo. [2]