Critics laud art from Africa's ancient Ife Kingdom | Entertainment | Reuters

Critics laud art from Africa's ancient Ife Kingdom | Entertainment | Reuters: "A show about the kingdom of Ife, which flourished in what is now Nigeria from the 12th to 15th centuries, underlines why sculptures found last century forced the West to revise its attitudes towards African art. Long perceived as primitive, the status of the region's culture soared with the discovery in the early 20th century of bronze, copper and terracotta figures which captured the beauty, savagery and pain of Ife society with accuracy and grace."

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