Drum Beats
Umeh’s painting depicts a group of drummers but with a focus on the principal subject in “agbada” and his set of drums. Drums are important in many African cultures and are used to communicate messages from kings to their subjects. Griots use them in storytelling as custodians of oral, traditional history in parts of West […]
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Umeh Bede
Lagos, Nigeria
Umeh Bede Ifeanyichukwu was born on the 12th of February 1965 in Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. Umeh enrolled into the famous Yaba College of Technology Lagos where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in painting. He worked briefly as an illustrator with Arbil, an advertising agency in Bodija Ibadan before retiring into full-time […]
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Umeh’s painting depicts a group of drummers but with a focus on the principal subject in “agbada” and his set of drums. Drums are important in many African cultures and are used to communicate messages from kings to their subjects. Griots use them in storytelling as custodians of oral, traditional history in parts of West Africa.
