Joseph b nya

MASQUERADE DEPICTION OF A RUGGED PIRATE

THE ABSTRACT ARTISAN WEAPON MAKER

MAGIC DANCE

ASABO IS THE REVERED PYTHON IN CERTAIN PARTS OF PRIMITIVE AFRICA WITH A PRICELESS DIAMOND ON ITS HEAD.

This an abstract depiction of Abang dance which is a maiden dance in Cross River State in Nigeria. This dance symbolizes maidenhood and fertility.

ABSTRACT MAGIC DANCE

POWERFUL NATIVE DOCTOR WITH CURING POWERS

AFRICAN WAR DODGERS DEPICTED AS COWARD DOGS.

THE EXECUTIONERS

Masquerade abstract version of a freed slave drumming to the sound of freedom and emancipation.

Abstract depiction of a powerful warrior known to have the power to slay bush souls who in primitive times were people thought to have animal souls in a human body.

abstract masquerade from imagination dedicated to the Scottish white missionary Mary Slessor who stopped the killing of twins which was a custom in the eastern part of Nigeria in earlier times . At the time twins were considered an omen and were killed. I have a twin sister and this is particularly personal to me.

Abstract depiction of a special magical dance with powers to elongate and shrink to the ground

the Kings jester a special character used to entertain the white missionaries that came to Africa.

MAGICAL BIRD DANCE USED TO CELEBRATE VICTORY AT WAR

CROCODILES ARE REVERED ANIMALS THAT PROTECT THE TREASURES OF THE SEA. THE GATOR RIDERS ARE THE PROTECTORS OF THE GREAT GATOR.

MMAKARA IS THE EFIK WORD FOR WHITE-MAN. THIS IS A DEPICTION OF WHITE MASQUERADES CELEBRATING AT A SLAVE AUCTION.

WITCHES DEPICTED AS MONSTERS CELEBRATING AT THE WITCHES PLAYGROUND.

THE OVER SIZED EGO A DEPICTION OF PRIDE AND OVER CONFIDENCE IN OF THE WHITE MISSIONARIES IN DEALINGS WITH THE KINGS OF THE OLD AFRICAN KINGDOMS.

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE HEIGHT OF FESTIVITY WITH FUN AT ITS BEST,GYRATING TO THE MAGICAL SOUNDS COMING FROM THAT GUITAR.