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    A "celebration of life" awaits when you participate in any of our Cultural Festival Tours‚ by which you can gain contact with the people of Nigeria that no ’ordinary’ trip can not afford. Argungu Fishing Festival at Sokoto Annual celebrations to mark beginning of the fishing season in Argungu‚ Kebbi State‚ is one of the most famous cultural festivals in Nigeria. Bare-hand fishing competitions among over 1‚000 Fishermen‚ equipped with a hand net and large gourd‚ is the main event of this cultural

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    Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking temperature changes to prevent the materials from cracking during the casting process. The guild workers in Benin City forged and cast clay and metal in wax casts that were shaped into pots‚ masks‚ and statues. After which they

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    Now that the poem is well understood‚ there is a need to analyse the painting as well. Wiley‚ the artist of the piece “Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps”‚ is a contemporary artist who paints African Americans from all over the world‚ often in relation to aristocratic or noblemen paintings of the Classical European period. His models are often from the streets of New York City and are painted in their everyday clothes‚ or whatever they’re just wearing. This process of randomly selecting people

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    homeland‚ which now constitutes the Warri Local Government Areas of Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ for centuries. The Itsekiris have rich traditional and cultural practices. In the 15th century‚ the early Itsekiris adopted a prince (Ginuwa) from the kingdom of Benin as a monarch‚ and quickly united into a kingdom under his rule. Prior to this time‚ the Itsekiris lived independently in different communities that included Irigbo‚ Ureju‚ Omadino and Ugborodo. Traditionally fishermen and traders‚ the Itsekiris were

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    development through corporate and personal input that result to pragmatic and positive changes. OBJECTIVE: To make personal input through hard work and dedication. WORK EXPERERIENCE: STAFF IN AUDIT DEPARTMENT‚ UBTH. NOV. 2011 – OCT. 2012 UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSPITAL‚ UGBOWO‚ EGOR LGA‚ EDO STATE NYSC CODE NUMBER: ED/11C/0805 DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: A00212695 My duties and responsibilities includes the following: * Reconciliation of Account * Stocktaking and witnesses of items. *

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    each with their own languages and culture. Chief’s or King’s held the highest position in society they maintained peace and order‚ assigned jobs‚ collected tax and led wars to protect their tribes. The empire of Songhai and the kingdoms of Mali‚ Benin and Kongo were large and powerful‚ with monarchs heading complex political structures governing hundreds of thousands of subjects. In other areas‚ political systems were smaller so they relied on agreements between Chiefs and kings.

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    Hundreds are taken each year from countries in West Africa such as Bénin and Togo across the sea to Gabon‚ a richer oil-exporting country. They are usually taken across a land border to Nigeria and then on by canoe to Gabon‚ across 500 kilometers of open sea. In most cases‚ they work for other West Africans in Gabon’s capital‚ Libreville. When the ship‚ the Etireno‚ arrived back at its port of departure‚ Cotonou in Bénin‚ on 17 April 2001‚ 43 children disembarked: 23 were aged between five

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    products‚ Evian first worldwide brand of bottle water. The domination of the group in the food industry is well proven‚ fresh dairy products‚ bottled water‚ medical and child nutrition‚ enabled him to be famous in Republic of Benin(west Africa).the market of food in Benin is very competitive . By innovating and developing its products‚ DANONE has won customers who are becoming increasingly demanding. On the other hand the globalization of the 80 marked the success of the company in Europe and

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    and ed. H.A.R. Gibb‚ Broadway House‚ 1929 (adapted) \Alhat two things impressed Ibn Battuta about Mali? Document 7 This description of the lost-wax process of making bronze sculpture comes from an oral account of a Hausa artisan. In the name of Allah the Compassionate‚ the Merciful. This account will show how the [Benin] figures are made. This work is one to cause wonder. Now this kind of work is done with clay‚ and wax‚ and red metal [copper]‚ and solder lzinc]‚ and lead‚ and fire. . . . Next

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    North Africa caused internal unrest. Question5 The brass plaque in the photo below shows a king of Benin flanked by two attendants. Use the photo to answer the following question: What does this plaque demonstrate about Benin culture? (5 points) Select one: a. Benin culture valued the common people. b. In Benin‚ they used slave soldiers and craftsmen. c. Benin artists were skilled metal workers. d. In Benin‚ the king was all powerful. Question6

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