Kasali Akangbe Ogun: Tributes paid to Nigeria's renowned Yoruba wood carver
Source: BBC
Molara WoodRenowned Nigerian master wood carver Kasali Akangbe Ogun has been buried following his death last week after a brief illness.He came from a long line of wood carvers from the Yoruba people, and took the tradition from his birthplace of Osogbo in the country's south-west to the global art space.Akangbe Ogun was famous for his "unique artistic style, characterised by lean, elongated faces and dynamic,…
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