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Old August 25th, 2011, 10:42 AM   #1
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Nigerian and West African culture



Does anyone know if Southern and Eastern African artefacts are significantly different from those depicted in the above video?
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Old August 25th, 2011, 11:34 AM   #2
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Well for starters the work of the Ife is unique to them most forms of African art are distorted and therefore arent that realistic. Also even in Nigeria and west Africa sculpture is done unrealistically even the Yoruba do so and The Ife are ancestors to the modern Yoruba.
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