Saturday, 6 April 2019

Art and Culture

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Art and Culture
|| Acrylic on canvas || Akadile Arts || The wall was covered with drawings and paintings, some of which the young mind could not fathom. He decided he was going to find out why such a space would be filled with something so boring and so unintelligible. That was his thought though. He set out to study the drawings and the paintings which he regarded as lines and stains on the wall. A closer look at what he thought was just lines and stains reveals...

Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Urhobo People of Nigeria

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Urhobo People of Nigeria
A people so unique and so distinctively peaceful, the Urhobo people (constituting the major ethnic group in Delta state of Nigeria) is one of such people groups who do not readily come to mind when Nigerian culture is mentioned, partly because their culture has not been properly documented or has not been widely observed. From traditional rendition and reports of few observers and researchers, the Urhobo culture is categorised as part of the major...

Friday, 8 March 2019

Nigeria and Her Culture

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Nigeria and Her Culture
Some may have argued that African culture is generally barbaric. Though such persons or groups may have their reasons for saying so, that does not fully define the true nature of African culture. Nigeria as only one of the 50 African countries there are has a number of people groups. Each of these groups has its own culture and tradition. There are three people groups which readily come to mind whenever Nigerian culture is mentioned. Beyond them are...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Nature and Fashion

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Nature and Fashion
One would wonder what fashion has to do with nature. Nature is the sum total of a thing; the very qualities and characteristics by which a thing is recognized. What then is the nature of fashion? Shall we say that the true nature of fashion is dependent on the person creating her? Maybe not. Fashion, though not restricted to what we put on our body and how that makes us look, has her nature. In her natural state, fashion is meant to add beauty...