Mumuye biography of albert

  • Mumuye figures are celebrated as icons of African sculpture by the institutions and personnel of what we have grown accustomed to call the 'artworld'.
  • The description feels apt not just for style but more generally for the historical study of Mumuye arts.
  • Albert Maesen in /72 according to the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (neg #: )⁠.⁠ #IMODARAFieldFriday #africa.

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    • Says No Mumuye Land In Kona Chiefdom

    The Jukun Kona Youths Development Association (JKYDA) has said the elevation of the Kona district to a second class Chiefdom had been long overdue as most of her contemporaries like the Bachama Chiefdom of Numan, the Zing Chiefdom and Muri Emirate are presently on First Class status.

    JKYDA in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Bonaventure Nomiri responding to an open letter by the Mumuye people against the Kona Chiefdom elevation said the Kona people had been denied what is rightfully theirs for ages, noting that there is nothing wrong if the Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku decides to correct the injustices and anomalies by giving them a sense of belonging.

    The group stress that there is no Mumuye land in the Kona Chiefdom.

    “Any Mumuye person in Kona Chiefdom is only a settler because there is no Mumuye that does not have his/her origin from either Zing or Yorro. This is evident during their traditional festivals as they all go

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    Eight Mumuye pieces: The colonial officer who collected them, and what we learn thereby about early colonialism

    Thanks are due in Cambridge to Nicholas Thomas, and particularly to my host in the collection, Rachel Hand, whose guidance was essential at the time and has remained so subsequently, as well as to Josh Murfitt for his photography. I am also grateful in Oxford to Jeremy Coote, David Zeitlyn, and Chris Morton; at the British Museum to Lissant Bolton, Elizabeth Bray, John Giblin, Jim Hammill, Julie Hudson, and Chris Spring; to Toni Wolstenholme at Jersey Heritage for a copy of Brice-Smith’s will; and for advice on images to Valentina Bandelloni at the Scala Picture Library in Florence on behalf of the Met, and Nancy Frehse on behalf of the Fondation Beyeler in Basel. More diffusely inom remained indebted as collaborator on the Benue art project to Marla Berns, and as collaborator on the Akiga Sai History project, to David Dorward. I greatly appreciated Françoise and Jan Strybol

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    Taraba State

    State of Nigeria

    "Taraba" redirects here. For other uses, see Taraba (disambiguation).

    State

    Taraba is a state in north-eastern Nigeria, named after the Taraba River, which traverses the southern part of the state. It is known as "Nature's Gift to the Nation". Its capital is Jalingo. The state's main ethnic groups are the Fulani, Mumuye, Mambilla, Jukun, Kuteb, Karimjo Wurkun, Tiv, Yandang, Ndola, Ichen, Jenjo, Tigon, and Jibu. The northern part is mainly dominated by the Fulani, Wurkun, Mumuye and Sho. The southern part is dominated by the Jukun, Tiv, Chamba, Kuteb and Ichen. The central region is mainly occupied by the Fulani, Mambilla, Ndola, Tigon, Jibu, Wurbo, and Daka people. There are about 80 distinct ethnic groups and their languages in the state.[5][6][7]

    History

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    Taraba state was created out of the former Gongola state on 27 August by the military government of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. The state is an

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