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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
Other examples of their traditional dishes are eba, pounded yam, iyan, fufu and soups like okra, ogbono and egusi. Fufu is so emblematic of Nigeria that it figures in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, for example. [77] Nigeria is known for its many traditional dishes. Each tribe has different dishes that are unique to their culture.
Wazobia is also used as a name for various media outlets, cultural events, and social movements in Nigeria that aim to reach out to a wide audience and address various issues affecting the country. Some examples are Wazobia FM, a radio station that broadcasts in Pidgin English, Wazobia TV, a television station that also broadcasts in Pidgin ...
His abstract and partly figurative pieces — many of them inspired by his Nigerian heritage — will be shown in a special event July 13 and will remain on view throughout the month at 700 Bryden ...
Nigerian art curators (8 P) Nigerian art historians (7 P) A. Art exhibitions in Nigeria (1 P) Art in Rivers State (3 C) B. Benin art (1 C, 4 P) C. Art collections in ...
At the Nigeria College of Arts, Science and Technology, the Zaria Art Society was formed with the goal of synthesizing European and native traditions. [9] Uche Okeke , a founding member, adapted uli as a basis for "a new visual language" separate from western forms. [ 10 ]
Nigerian Pidgin, also known simply as Pidgin or Broken (Broken English) or as Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin or Vernacular .
In 2020, Nigerian art historian Okeke-Agulu called on auction house Christie's to cancel its planned Paris sale of two Igbo sculptures and repatriate the items in question back to Nigeria. The two sculptures were bundled together with a Benin plaque. Some have speculated the two sculptures were sold by Biafran soldiers during the Nigerian Civil ...