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Decoupage or découpage ( / ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ /; [ 1] French: [dekupaʒ]) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from ...
Collage. Collage ( / kəˈlɑːʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [ 1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a "pasting" together.)
1. A Picture Of Innocence – A. Mhlope. 2. Agony In Her Voice – Peter Katuliiba. 3. Angel Of Death – Nandi Dlovu. 4. Anything For Money – Akinbolu Babarinsa. 5.
J. F. Ade Ajayi. Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014) was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and focusing on the internal historical forces that shaped African lives. [1]
Adire (textile art) Adire ( Yoruba) textile is a type of dyed cloth from south west Nigeria traditionally made by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. [ 1][ 2] The word 'Adire' originally derives from the Yoruba words 'adi' which means to tie and 're' meaning to dye. [ 3] It is a material designed with wax-resist methods ...
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. [ 1 ] It depicts the events of pre-colonial life in Igboland, a cultural area in modern-day southeastern Nigeria, and the subsequent appearance of European missionaries and colonial forces in the late 19th century.
Nsibidi (also known as Nsibiri, [ 2] Nchibiddi or Nchibiddy[ 3]) is a system of symbols or proto-writing developed by the Ekpe secret society that traversed the southeastern part of Nigeria . They are classified as pictograms, though there have been suggestions that some are logograms or syllabograms. [ 4]
potter. Ladi Kwali or Ladi Dosei Kwali, OON NNOM, MBE (c.1925 – 12 August 1984) [ 1] was a famous Nigerian potter, ceramicist and educator. [ 2] 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 ...