Because the activity of distilling illegal whiskey was usually done at night under the light of the moon, the word became both a verb, meaning making the liquor, and a noun, meaning the liquor that was...
African Art -- The World And The Spirits The West African nations like Benin, modern-day Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc were in contact with Portuguese and other Europeans from the 1500's onward. These wealthy...
People: Yoruba Location: SW Nigeria Population: Perhaps 20,000,000 Arts: Yoruba beliefs and rituals, gods and spirits, with their blithering array of cults and secret societies, all of which use arts as an...
Yoruba Ibeji Twin Figures from Africa The Yoruba of Nigeria and of the Benin Republic are known for having an extraordinarily high rate of multiple births. The rate of twin births is one of the highest in the...
People: Eket (Eket-Ibibio)Location: SE Nigeria Population: 1,000,000 Arts: Because the Eket are so closely related to their larger cousins, the Ibibio, it is difficult in many cases to separate carvings used...
People: Punu (Puno)Location: Southern Gabon, Republic of the Congo Population: 40,000 Arts: The arts of the Punu reflect the area in which they live, where the veneration of ancestral remains is the source...
The Ijo People of the Niger Delta Region, Africa People: Ijo (Ijaw)Location: Niger Delta region, Nigeria Population: Est 200,000 to 300,000 Arts: The most well-known of the arts of the Ijo are the famed,...
People: Idoma Location: Central Nigeria Population: Est 300,000 Arts: The artworks of the Idoma primarily consist of masks with white, kaolin-covered faces, and large statues with faces which resemble the...
People: Ibibio Location: Southeastern Nigeria Population: 1,000,000 Arts: The art of the Ibibio is a study in contrasts, and consists primarily of masks, which come in an array of styles. This is primarily...
People: Mambila Location: Eastern Nigeria, NW Cameroon Population: 20,000 Arts: The Mambila are a small culture living in the mountainous region along the northern Cameroon/Nigeria border. Their art...