Ndidi Dike
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is synonymous with carved cloth and embellished cylindrical staffs
which bear recognisable design and patterns of Adinkra, Aso-Oke,
Akwete, Kente and Ivorian raffia clothes. Ndidi who is a sculptor and specialist in mixed media painting has a Diploma in Music from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and later a Bachelor of Arts in Fine and Applied Arts in 1984. She has commenced on a totem-pole project wherein she is exploring their future and modern applications. Totems and signposts is a brave incursion into a multi-contextual ethnological significance. The graph logical indications of dual projections of a woman's honour and beauty as indicated in applied Uli and Nsibidi symbols.  |
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