BRITISH-NIGERIAN DESIGNER REVIVES WEST AFRICAN HERITAGE

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In a workshop at London's Somerset House, British-Nigerian architect and designer Richard Adetokunbo Aina is turning West African material heritage into contemporary furniture, using craft to reconnect design with the cultures, communities and meanings behind it.

Self-taught craftsmen in Eenhana preserve traditional skills

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In the heart of Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region, a group of self-taught craftsmen are keeping traditional skills alive.

Joseph Haufiku, and colleagues Vaino Benhard and Nghilifavali Filipus, have been using his natural talent to create arrows for bows, double-edged knives, cudgels, and spears.