Durbar 2

Horse racing is an important culture in the north, especially during the durbar festival. The festival is fused with royalty, energy and colour. Emirs and other northern rulers stage this sporting festival in honour of visiting dignitaries to show off affluence, political power and unity amongst the ruling elites and their subjects.  Umeh, dramatically portrays […]

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artiste 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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Horse racing is an important culture in the north, especially during the durbar festival. The festival is fused with royalty, energy and colour. Emirs and other northern rulers stage this sporting festival in honour of visiting dignitaries to show off affluence, political power and unity amongst the ruling elites and their subjects.  Umeh, dramatically portrays marauding horses as the thrust forward in graceful performance.

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