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Origins of African art

Ancient Arts in Africa

1. All Gold Is Gold - Mapungubwe Gold​

2. Mūsā I of Mali - Emperor of Mali

Nok Culture - 500 BCE - 1 BCE (Near Kaduna, Nigeria)

1. 10 Facts You Need to Know About Nok Art​

2. Nok Culture - National Geographic

3. Nok by Alara - High end Nigerian Restaurant in Lagos

Ife Empire 11th-15th Century (Near Ibadan, Nigeria)

1. Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa by SmartHistory.org​

Benin Kingdom: 14th CE – Present (Benin City , Nigeria)

1. ​Restitution row - Guardian

2. The Kingdom of Benin - National Geographic

African & Global Art Movements

Negritude (Paris to the world!)

1. Negritude by Tate.org​

African Diasporan Movements (Havana, London, Chicago, UK)

1. Afrocubism by Encyclopedia.com​

2. Caribbean Artists Movement by the George Padmore Institute

3. AfriCOBRA by Tate.org

4. Manuel Couceiro by the Cuban Art Database​

5. British Black Arts Movement by Tate.org

Dakar School – Senegalese Modernism (Senegal)

1. Papa Ibra Tall: The Senegalese Artist Who Befriended Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Malcolm X - Sotheby's​

FESTAC ’77 (Lagos, Nigeria)

1. A stunning gallery of FESTAC - Guardian​

Major African Art Movements (Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Senegal)

1. Egyptian Surrealism by Tate.org​

2. Khartoum School y Tate.org

3. Aouchem Movement by Google Arts & Culture

4. Laboratoire Agit’Art by Tate.org

Focus on Nigeria

Pre-Independence Art (Nigeria)

1. Aina Olabolu by Google Arts & Culture​

2. Akinola Lasekan by Sothebys

3. Ladi Kwali by MoMA.org

4. Ben Enwonwu

   1. by Google Arts & Culture

   2. Anyanwu Sculture by Sothebys

The Zaria Rebels (Zaria, Nigeria)

1. Uche Okeke - ucheokekelegacy

2. Yusuf Grillo - ucheokekelegacy​

3. Demas Nwanna Nwoko - wallpaper.com

4. Bruce Onobrakpeya - Google Arts & Culture

Nsukka School – Uli Modernism (Nsukka, Near Enugu, Nigeria)

1. The Birth of Nsukka Art School - ucheokekelegacy​​

2. Obiora Udechukwu - ko-artspace.com

3. Tayo Adenaike - Stell Jones Gallery

Osogbo School – Yoruba Renaissance (Oshogbo, Nigeria)

1. Who was Susanne Wenger / Àdùnní Olórìṣà? - Google Arts & Culture​

2. Ọ̀ṣun Òṣogbo Sacred Grove - Google Arts & Culture

3. The New Sacred Art Movement -Art inspired by the Òrìṣà - Google Arts & Culture

4. Jimoh Buraimoh - buraimoh.com

5. Twins Seven-Seven - indigoarts.com

6. 📽️Sola Otori - Trailer for Film for the Sacred Art Movement 🎦🎞️

Nigeria Now (Nigeria)

1. Tour The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art - Google Arts & Culture​

2. The Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) Benin City - Guardian article

3. John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture - Guardian article

4. 12 Facts You Need to Know About Terra Kulture - Google Arts & Culture

5. Chief Nike Okundaye – Òṣogbo’s Global Ambassador - Google Arts & Culture

6. ART X LAGOS

Kojo Art X (UK, ROI and India)

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