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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 ...
The colonization of the West African region that lies across the Niger took place between the mid 19th century to 1960 when Nigeria became recognized as an independent nation. [1] This systemic invasion introduced new social, economic, and political structures that significantly altered Indigenous notions of gender fluidity and gender roles ...
Dame Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo DBE (born 1950) is a Kenyan-born British studio potter, who now lives in Farnham, Surrey. [1] Her work is in the collections of notable museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Museum of African Art.
In the maritime history of Africa, there is the earlier Dufuna canoe, which was constructed approximately 8000 years ago in the northern region of Nigeria; as the second earliest form of water vessel known in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Nok terracotta depiction of a dugout canoe was created in the central region of Nigeria during the first ...
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 ...
“I'm like the Michael Cera of pottery, where I was just kind of in the right place at the right time." These days, Yousefi, 28, is known as shy.jpg by more than 50,000 people across Instagram ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Nigerian artists. It includes artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Nigerian ceramicists. It includes ceramicists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Nigerian women ceramicists"