Discussion of the reed-mat weaving industry in Ipetu-Ijesa, Nigeria, including the techniques of reed harvesting, stripping, dyeing, and weaving; the marketing of mats; and the cultural and religious ...

Ancestral worship, traditional healing, and indigenous festivals are a few examples of the many old traditions that persist in Nigeria today. While the forceful introduction of Western customs, ...

The contemporary art world has seen an uptick in artists working with both textiles and with Indigenous craft traditions, but the two strands weave together in the work of Nengi Omuku, whose paintings ...

Blacksmithing is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and it has shaped agricultural development for centuries. Long before modern machinery arrived, the blacksmith’s forge supplied the tools that made ...