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Egungun, ( egúngún with Yorùbá language tone marks) in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure. [ 1] More specifically, it is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force. Eégún is the reduced form (abbreviation through assimilation) of the word egúngún and ...
Known for. Textile artist. Spouse. Twins Seven Seven (divorced) Website. www .nikeartfoundation .com. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye (born 1951), also known as Nike Okundaye, Nike Twins Seven Seven and Nike Olaniyi, is a Nigerian Yoruba and adire textile designer. She is best known as an artist for her cloth work and embroidery pieces.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Website. yinkashonibare .com. Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (born 9 August 1962), is a British artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly coloured Ankara fabric he uses.
The Pacesetters series was characterised by adventures of falling in love, ethno-religious conflicts, tragic tales of woe, cautionary tales, and "rags to riches" (and sometimes back to rags!) tales. Book cover artwork