Meeting place

Godwin’s painting maintains its briskness as he shows people gathering under a tree.  In African traditional culture, people, groups and social age grades regularly meet under trees in market squares to address relevant community matters that affect them.  The Iroko tree is significant in this context and is critical in African poetry and literature.

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Godwin’s painting maintains its briskness as he shows people gathering under a tree.  In African traditional culture, people, groups and social age grades regularly meet under trees in market squares to address relevant community matters that affect them.  The Iroko tree is significant in this context and is critical in African poetry and literature.

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