Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.
Nigerian Proverb
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Little by little the bird builds its nest.
Nigerian Proverb
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Bruno Barbey (French photographer, born in Morocco in 1941, he grew up in various parts of the country: Rabat, Tanger, Salé, Marrakech which influenced his photography, has dual nationality – French and Swiss – and is a Magnum Photos member), Tannery, Kano, Nigeria, 1974. Picture courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos.
Bruno Barbey (French photographer, born in Morocco in 1941, he grew up in various parts of the country: Rabat, Tanger, Salé, Marrakech which influenced his photography, has dual nationality – French and Swiss – and is a Magnum Photos member), Fulani noblemen during the Durbar (end of Ramadan) in Kaduna, an assembly of tribesmen from all over the country, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1977. Picture courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos.
El Anatsui (Ghanaian-Nigerian, b. 1944), Earth-Moon Connexions, 1993. Carved wood and tempera.
A procession led by the Emir of Kano and his entourage through the streets of Kano to celebrate the end of Ramadan, Kano, Nigeria, 1982
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Peter Marlow, Participants in the Durbah celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan, Kano, Nigeria, 1982
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Ben Enwonwu (Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE, better known as Ben Enwonwu, Nigerian painter and sculptor), Woman on a forest path, 1949. Oil on canvas.
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