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Oshogbo

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O·shog·bo  (-shgb)
A city of southwest Nigeria northeast of Ibadan. It is primarily a farm trade and commercial center. Population: 499,000.

Oshogbo [əˈʃɒgbəʊ]
n
(Placename) a city in SW Nigeria: trade centre. Pop.: 476 800 (1996 est.)


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Folorunso has a gallery in Oshogbo, Nigeria, and learned to sculpt metal from his father, who learned from his father.
That is that many African designers or artists, including those from Oshogbo (whose works have been labeled by some as "false Picassos" even though the artist may never have been exposed to Picasso) encounter a sturdy form of prejudice, particularly in the "West," and not only from "academic purists.
The schools of Poto-Poto in Congo, Oshogbo and Zaria in Nigeria or the Negro-Caribbean school of Cote d'Ivoire, to name but a few of these, had already been training renowned and aspiring artists.
 
 
 
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