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The African Art  Unlike the art of Western societies, traditional African art was a functional and necessary part of everyday life and it would be impossible to understand African culture without an understanding of their art. Sculpture also served to symbolize authority and played important roles in maintaining social control. African sculpture is new and unfamiliar to most Americans

The  Ikwerre nation is arguably the largest ethnic nationality in present day Rivers State. The reasons for this deduction are not far fetch. It is made up of not less than four major Local Government Areas, and occupies the largest land mass in the state. Like most ethnic groups in Nigeria, the history of Ikwerre could

The People of YORUBA ORIGIN The Yoruba homeland is located in West Africa. It stretches from the savannah (grassland) region in the north to a region of tropical rain forests in the south. However there are also some scattered groups in Benin and Togo and small countries to the west of Nigeria. Current census figures are difficult to obtain but the Yoruba population is estimated to be about 5.3 million. The Yorubas originated from Ile-Ife, arose and became quite popular by their trading with the Portuguese, which gave them a large supply of guns.

About the Hausa People ORIGIN The Hausa people are concentrated mainly in Northwestern Nigeria and in adjoining southern Niger. This area is mostly semiarid  grassland or Savanna, dotted with cities surrounded by farming communities. The cities of this region—Kano, Sokoto, Zari, and Katsina, for example—are among the greatest commercial Centers of sub-Saharan Africa (Africa south of the Sahara Desert). Hausa people are also found living in other countries of West Africa like Cameroon,

Africa has a history of art that is unmatched anywhere else in the world. The art forms found on the African continent are as diverse as the African people themselves. Numerous tribes and groups from all over the continent contributed to African art history with unique works of art. Despite this diversity, there are some prominent themes that appear in much of African art throughout his

They say the past is in the tomb, Tomorrow is in the womb, and All that matter is today. But I say NO! let us go back. Take me back in time ; To the times when maidens were valued. Take me back to the times when motherhood reigned. To the times when the community trained the child and not just the parents. Take me back to the times when love thy neighbor meant something. To the times when ethnicity was mainly by dressing, and family wasn’t only by blood but neighborliness. To the times

Igbo Day Celebration The Igbo name is ascribed to the “ Ala-Igbo, Ani-Igbo, Ibo and Ndi-Igbo ”, it is an Ethnonym. The Igbo people before the European colonization were not unified under a single cultural identity or political framework. Although they started unifying due to expansion, trade, migration, war and conquest. Villages in the Igbo people were generally identified by their ancestral founders such as Umuleri , Nri ,