 Krobo girl - Ghana2014
Oil on canvas
This little lady is a member of the Krobo tribe in Ghana. The original photo was taken by Walter Callens. The Krobo are among the oldest and most famous makers of ground-glass beads in Africa. many of the beads, known as AKORI, or AGGREY, are made locally; others have been traded from Venice since the seventeenth century, as well as from Holland |  Middle Eastern Dance2014
Oil on canvas
Belly dance or bellydance is a Western-coined name for "solo, improvised dances based on torso articulation" originating from the Middle East, especially raqs sharqi. Other names which are sometimes used for the dance in English speaking countries include Oriental dance, Egyptian dance, Arabic dance or Middle Eastern dance.
SOLD |  Fulani girl - Nigeria2014
Oil on canvas
Traditionally, People of the Fulani tribes of Africa have been cattle herders, through the centuries many settled down and turned to politics, successfully establishing a series of kingdoms between Senegal and Cameroon by the 19th century, and conquering the Hausa by about 1810. The Fulani held much of northern Nigeria in subjection until defeated (1900-1906) by the British. The religious beliefs of a large percentage of the cattle-herding Fulani are a
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