TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Title .....................................................................................................................................................i
Dedication ........................................................................................................................................ii
Recognition ...............................................................................................................................................iii
Contents .......................................................................................................................................................iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background ...............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Questions....................................................................................................................................2
1.3 Aim of the work .........................................................................................................................2
1.4 Methodology ................................................................................................................................2
1.5 Motivation…………….................................................................................................................3
1.6 Construction of the work ....................................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2 LEO FROBENIOUS
2.1.1 Who is Leo Frobeneous? ............................................................................................................ 4
2.1.2 Educational Background......................................................................................................................5
2.1.3 Family life .....................................................................................................................................6
2.2.1 Frobeniou's journey of discovery ............................................................................................6
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2.2.2 Artistic interest..........................................................................................................................7
2.2.3 Frobeneous African Discoveries ................................................................................................8
2.2.4 Travel experience ...................................................................................................................9
CHAPTER 3 COLONIAL INTEREST
3.1.1 Colonial Relationship..................................................................................................................10
3.1.2 Germany ....................................................................................................................................12
3.1.3 Great Britain...........................................................................................................................15
3.4 Colonial interest..........................................................................................................................17
3.5 The consequences of Frobenious Discoveries............................................................………………19
3.5.1 The positive aspects.................................................................................................................21
3.5.2 The Negative Aspects ...............................................................................................................22
CHAPTER 4 YORUBA IN THE WEST AFRICA
4.1 Nigerian Arts .......................................................................................................................................23
4.2 History and Yoruba Art ................................................................................................................24
4.3. The Yoruba ..................................................................................................................................25
4.4 The Ife ...................................................................................................................................................26
4.5 Yoruba and Ife Arts .....................................................................................................................27
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4.6 Meaning and symbols ...................................................................................................................28
CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Summary.................................................................................................................................30
5.2. Conclusion………...................................................................................................................31
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................32