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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 3:20pm On Oct 10, 2012
Ishilove:
He looks demented

grin grin grin
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 3:21pm On Oct 10, 2012
naptu2:

grin

He was the king of comedy (before Ali Baba). He died in the early '90s.
O really?? Never hoid of 'im
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 3:25pm On Oct 10, 2012
naptu2: Ali Baba (Atuyota Akporobomeriere)

Imagine being married to him. I'd be mrs Ishi Aporo-worreva. How was he able to fill his WASSCE form sef?

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 3:37pm On Oct 10, 2012
Ishilove:
Where is he?? I heard he's late. Is it true,naptu?

Yes. He died in 2005.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:31pm On Oct 10, 2012
Ishilove:
Which show was this? undecided

A children's game show on NTA. They had many animal themed games, an animal of the day, etc.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by yuzedo: 12:23pm On Oct 11, 2012
naptu2: James Brown in Lagos (Dec 1970)



Isn't that GEJ on the far right raising his hand? 3rd person from bottom?! shocked shocked grin lipsrsealed

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by yuzedo: 12:24pm On Oct 11, 2012
naptu2: Beyonce Knowles & Nduka Obaigbena in Lagos


See as the bas(t)ard dey scope Mama Ivy-Blue brezz! angry angry angry
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 12:27pm On Oct 11, 2012
yuzedo:

Isn't that GEJ on the far right raising his hand? 3rd person from bottom?! shocked shocked grin lipsrsealed
It looks like him, but it cannot be him grin
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 12:29pm On Oct 11, 2012
yuzedo:

See as the bas(t)ard dey scope Mama Ivy-Blue brezz! angry angry angry
Hin the Mamy Ivy-blue should cover up her milk factory angry

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by yuzedo: 12:38pm On Oct 11, 2012
Naptu2, you know you are the truth right?? MAD, MAD respect for you sir! Believe me when i say my respect is hard to come by but you've thoroughly earned it. I will surely do you a favor one day... Following you now for easy PM exchange.. Respect!

Ishilove, you've been a fantastic deputy to this thread. I daresay without you, the thread would've been without some value. You also echo most of my thoughts. I see a picture or post and want to comment and i see that Ishi has already said the exact thing i had on my mind! grin Respect to you too. You are one of the few smart females on NL and perhaps, Nigeria!
... That said, ermm, Ishi, sweerie, can we nyash? grin wink
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:02pm On Oct 11, 2012
yuzedo:

Isn't that GEJ on the far right raising his hand? 3rd person from bottom?! shocked shocked grin lipsrsealed

grin I didn't notice that before. The resemblance is striking.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:07pm On Oct 11, 2012
yuzedo: Naptu2, you know you are the truth right?? MAD, MAD respect for you sir! Believe me when i say my respect is hard to come by but you've thoroughly earned it. I will surely do you a favor one day... Following you now for easy PM exchange.. Respect!

Ishilove, you've been a fantastic deputy to this thread. I daresay without you, the thread would've been without some value. You also echo most of my thoughts. I see a picture or post and want to comment and i see that Ishi has already said the exact thing i had on my mind! grin Respect to you too. You are one of the few smart females on NL and perhaps, Nigeria!
... That said, ermm, Ishi, sweerie, can we nyash? grin wink

Thanks, I'm humbled.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:09pm On Oct 11, 2012
Twins Seven Seven



Prince Twins Seven Seven, born Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki (May 3, 1944 - June 16, 2011) in Ogidi, Nigeria, was a Nigerian painter, sculptor and musician.

Prince Twins Seven-Seven began his career in the 1960s in workshops conducted by Ulli and Georgina Beier in Osogbo, a Yoruba town in southwestern Nigeria. Since then he has become one of the most well known artists of the Osogbo School. His work is influenced by traditional Yoruba mythology and culture, and creates a fantastic universe of humans, animals, plants and Yoruba gods.

He was designated UNESCO Artist for Peace on 25 May 2005 "“in recognition of his contribution to the promotion of dialogue and understanding among peoples, particularly in Africa and the African Diaspora”.

Twins Seven Seven died on June 16, 2011 following complications from a stroke.

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:11pm On Oct 11, 2012
Yusuf Grillo

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:16pm On Oct 11, 2012
Bruce Onabrakpeya



Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya (born 30 August 1932) is a Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor. He has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden. The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos has an exhibit of colorful abstract canvases by Onobrakpeya.

Onobrakpeya was born in Agbarha-Otor in Delta State, son of an Urhobo carver. He was raised as a Christian, but also learned the traditional beliefs. His family moved to Benin City when he was a child. He attended Western Boys High School, where he was taught art by Edward Ivehivboje, among other subjects. He also attended drawing classes at the British Council Art Club in Benin City. Onobrakpeya was inspired by the watercolour paintings of Emmanuel Erabor. After leaving high school, Onobrakpeya was hired as an art teacher at the Western Boys High School (1953–1956). In 1956 he left for Ondo, where he taught at the Ondo Boys High School for a year.



Formal art education

In October 1957 Onobrakpeya was admitted to the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, now the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Funded by a Federal Government Scholarship, Onobrakpeya was trained in the Western tradition of representational art. At the same time, he began to experiment with forms in relation to Nigerian folklore, myths and legends. Much of his work uses stylistic elements and compositions derived from traditional African sculpture and decorative arts.

The Zaria Arts Society, later called the Zaria Rebels, was formed on 9 October 1958 by a group of art students at the college led by Uche Okeke with the aim of "decolonizing" the visual arts as taught by expatriate Europeans. Onobrakpeya has said that the college gave him technical skills but the Zaria Arts Society, a discussion group, shaped his perspectives as a professional artist. The society gave him the confidence to seek a personal expressive idiom. He elongated his figures, ignored perspective and evoked the supernatural through ambiguous decorations.


Later career

Onobrakpeya later attended a series of printmaking workshops in Ibadan, Oshogbo, Ife and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine, USA. His first one-man exhibition was held in 1959 in Ughelli in the Niger Delta. Later he exhibited in the USA, Italy, Zimbabwe, Germany, Britain, Kenya and elsewhere. Onobrakpeya was an important force in the renaissance in contemporary art in Nigeria. For many years he taught at St. Gregory's College, Lagos.

Onobrakpeya created the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, of which he is President, and which organizes the annual Harmattan workshop in his home town of Agbara Otor, Delta State. The foundation is an artist-led Non-Governmental Organization formed in 1999. It aims to encourage the growth of art and culture by giving artists opportunities to gain skills, while increasing public awareness of African art and its benefits to society. The foundation organized the Amos Tutuola Show, Lagos (2000). It has participated in many other shows.


Recognition

According to Emeritus Professor John Picton of the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, "Bruce Onobrakpeya is among the most successful artists to have emerged in West Africa during the 20th century, with continuing and commanding influence on the generation of artists in Nigeria, who have come to maturity in the post colonial period."

Onobrakpeya received an honourary D. Litt. from the University of Ibadan in 1989. He received an honorable mention at the Venice Biennale. He was honoured with the Fellowship of the Society of Nigerian Artists on 6 June 2000. He was honoured with the Pope John Paul II award for painting the life of Saint Paul, the Fellowship of Asele Institute award, the Sadam Hussein award, the Solidra Circle award, and Fulbright Exchange Scholar award. Onobrakpeya is the recipient of the Living Human Treasure Award (2006) given by UNESCO, and on 14 September 2010 became the second winner of Nigeria's prestigious Nigerian Creativity Award by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Its first winner was Chinua Achebe.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:28pm On Oct 11, 2012
Professor Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (His works grace quite a few public buildings in Lagos, including the statue of Sango in front of NEPA headquarters, Marina, the horses at Tafawa Balewa Square & the statue of the drummer in front of NECOM House/Net Building, Marina).




"Sango" by Ben Enwonwu (@ NEPA, Marina).






"The Drummer" by Ben Enwonwu (@ NECOM House/Net Building, Marina).



Professor Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu with “Anyanwu”. The original was presented to the United Nations in 1966 and it adorns the lobby of the UN building in New York. A copy is at the National Museum, Lagos.


He attended Government Colleges, Ibadan and Umuahia between 1934-1937; Goldsmith College, London in 1944; Ruskin College, Oxford, England, 1944-1946; Ashmolean College and Slade School of Fine Arts, Oxford, 1946-1948, graduating with first class honours and did postgraduate courses in anthropology and ethnography at the University of California, USA and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA.

From 1939, he was an art teacher in various Schools, including Government College, Umuahia, Mission School in Calabar Province, 1940-1941 and at at Edo College, Benin City, 1941-1943. He was art adviser to the Nigerian government from 1948. He toured and lectured in the United States from 1950 and executed many commissions as a freelance artist. In 1956 he was commissioned to sculpt a bronze portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The sittings began at Buckingham Palace and the resulting full length bronze statue was shown at the R.B.A Gallery (Royal Society of British Artists, to which he had been elected) and the Tate Gallery. On the 5th of October 1966, the Federal Government, on behalf of the Nigerian people, made a special gift of Enwonwu’s sculptural masterpiece, “Anyanwu”, or The Awakening (1955) to the United Nations. The sculpture, prominently displayed at the lobby of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, is the symbol of the emancipation of the emergent African Continent and her right to self expression. He was editor, Nigeria Magazine, from 1966; fellow, University of Lagos, Lagos, 1966-1968; cultural advisor to the Nigeria government, 1968-1971; visiting artist, Institute of African Studies, Howard University, Washington, DC; appointed first professor of Fine Arts, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1971-1975 and art consultant to the International Secretariat, Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), Lagos, 1977. He executed portraits of Nigerians as private commissions, illustrated Amos Tutuola’s The Brave African Huntress and maintained a studio in London. He was also a Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute, London and Member: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Enwonwu's work is displayed in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. He died in 1994

"I will not accept an inferior position in the art world. Nor have my art called African because I have not correctly and properly given expression to my reality. I have consistently fought against that kind of philosophy because it is bogus. European artists like Picasso, Braque and Vlaminck were influenced by African art. Everybody sees that and is not opposed to it. But when they see African artists who are influenced by their European training and technique, they expect that African to stick to their traditional forms even if he bends down to copying them. I do not copy traditional art. I like what I see in the works of people like Giacometti but I do not copy them. I knew Giacometti personally in England, you know. I knew he was influenced by African sculptures. But I would not be influenced by Giacometti, because he was influenced by my ancestors”.

“Art is not static, like culture. Art changes its form with the times. It is setting the clock back to expect that the art form of Africa today must resemble that of yesterday otherwise the former will not reflect the African image. African art has always, even long before western influence, continued to evolve through change and adaptation to new circumstances. And in like manner, the African view of art has followed the trend of cultural change up to the modern times”. 1950, Ben Enwonwu.

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:54pm On Oct 11, 2012
Festac Mask (Queen Idia)




Ivory mask

Edo peoples, probably 16th century AD
From Benin, Nigeria

The palace of Benin is the centre of ritual activity focused on the well-being and prosperity of the Edo peoples. Each year the Oba (king) of Benin performs in rituals in which he honours his royal ancestors to enhance the good fortunes of his people. One important ceremony, Igue, centres on the Oba's mystical powers, which are then demonstrated in a subsequent ritual, Emobo, whose main purpose is for the Oba to drive away any evil forces. The Oba sits in a red pavilion, red being a 'threatening' colour to help force away evil. Later he dances with an ivory gong, striking it to repel malevolent forces.

This type of mask was worn by the Oba, probably around his neck, during the the Emobo ceremony. The pendant is said to represent Queen Mother Idia, mother of Oba Esigie who ruled in the sixteenth century. The top of the pendant is decorated with heads representing the Portuguese, symbolizing Benin's alliance with and control over Europeans. The Portuguese continued to appear in Benin art long after they had disappeared from Benin itself.

Benin fell to the British On 17 February 1897 and the mask was one of the artifacts plundered from Benin after the massacre

The Mask has its deep roots in the ancient city of Benin in Edo State of Nigeria, and can be traced to the expansive conquest of Queen Idia, who during her reign, extended the frontier of what is known as Ancient Benin Empire to unbelievable heights and wide geographical reach. Queen Idia’s son Oba Esigie of Benin, is said to have commissioned the mask in honor of his mother and her contribution to the success of his reign.

It's been argued that the mask was stolen from Nigeria during Britain’s colonization of Nigeria and should therefore be returned back to the Nigerian people, and until it is returned Nigerians are being denied the right to view the arts of their ancestor; it has been further argued that the steadfast refusal by international museums such as the British museum has resulted in much of the evidence of the striping of African through the plundering of their wealth and arts being hidden away in dusty museum archives and in some cases ending up in private collections. This act in some sense denies Africans of their heritage; the art and artifacts, which would give them an insight into what it was like for Nigerians in the 16th century and previous to that.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:56pm On Oct 11, 2012
Ife Head



Ife head:
Brass head of a ruler

Wunmonije Compound, Ife, Nigeria, probably 1300s – early 1400s

In January 1938 workmen were digging foundations for a new house in Wunmonije Compound in the city of Ife, in what is now south-western Nigeria. While clearing away the topsoil they struck metal and further digging revealed a group of cast heads.

This accidental find led to the eventual discovery of 17 heads in brass and copper and the broken top half of a king figure.

This magnificent head was one of those discovered in Wunmonije Compound. It was purchased in Ife by Mr Bates, then editor of the Nigerian Daily Times and was subsequently acquired by Sir (later Lord) Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery, acting on behalf of the National Art Collections Fund for the British Museum.

This head clearly portrays a person of status and authority. The elaborate headdress probably represents a crown. It has a central band which appears to include numerous glass or stone beads of different shapes and sizes. A fringe of feathers is indicated along the crown’s peaked front. The back of the neck is hidden by a beaded and plaited cover.

Most striking perhaps is the plaited crest rising from the front of the crown with a beaded conical boss at its base. Traces of red and black paint are evident throughout.

The finds from Wunmonije Compound were published in 1938-9 and created a sensation in the western world. It was initially assumed that these beautiful sculptures could not have been made in Africa by African artists. The naturalism of the works gave them a portrait-like appearance and comparisons were immediately made with masterpieces from European traditions.

The sculptures from Ife are now rightly seen as one of the highest achievements of African art and culture.
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 1:58pm On Oct 11, 2012
yuzedo:

Ishilove, you've been a fantastic deputy to this thread. I daresay without you, the thread would've been without some value. You also echo most of my thoughts. I see a picture or post and want to comment and i see that Ishi has already said the exact thing i had on my mind! grin Respect to you too. You are one of the few smart females on NL and perhaps, Nigeria!
... That said, ermm, Ishi, sweerie, can we nyash? grin wink
Yuzzzzzzedo baby!! wink

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 1:58pm On Oct 11, 2012
Terracotta head from Nok (c. 500 BC/c. 200 AD)

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 2:04pm On Oct 11, 2012
naptu2:

Thanks, I'm humbled.
You are humbled becos he wants to nyash me?

Hokay just kidding grin

Back to the thread cheesy

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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 2:21pm On Oct 11, 2012
Ishilove:
You are humbled becos he wants to nyash me?

Hokay just kidding grin

Back to the thread cheesy

grin grin grin grin
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:41am On Oct 12, 2012
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:43am On Oct 12, 2012
General Yakubu Gowon (Head of State & Commander in Chief) @ Dodan Barracks with the Green Eagles team that took first position in the football event of the 1973 All Africa Games, held in Lagos.

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:45am On Oct 12, 2012
Christian Chukwu receives the Nations Cup trophy from Alhaji Shehu Shagari (Lagos, 1980)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tggt9Ply9lc
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:48am On Oct 12, 2012
Segun Odegbami





Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:50am On Oct 12, 2012
Muda Lawal

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:52am On Oct 12, 2012
Nduka Ugbade lifting the Fifa Kodak Under 16 World Championship trophy (China 1985).

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:53am On Oct 12, 2012
Henry Nwosu, Rashidi Yekini and Chibuzor Ehilegbu

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 6:56am On Oct 12, 2012
"Chairman" Christian Chukwu

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 7:04am On Oct 12, 2012
Coach Tunde Disu and the Eaglets

Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 7:07am On Oct 12, 2012
Green Eagles



I can only recognise Samuel Okwaraji and Etim Esin (I think that's Friday
Elaho beside Okwaraji, but I'm not sure).




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