Family

This is an abstract representation of a family unit. A man with an enlarged head is seen surrounded by numerous human figures with similar features. A patriarch or matriarch often leads a household or family with descendants of common ancestry and other people related or affiliated by consanguinity, affinity through connections like marriage and co-residence. […]

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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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This is an abstract representation of a family unit. A man with an enlarged head is seen surrounded by numerous human figures with similar features. A patriarch or matriarch often leads a household or family with descendants of common ancestry and other people related or affiliated by consanguinity, affinity through connections like marriage and co-residence. The African family is important in the society because of the role the play in inculcating values down the chain or lineage of children in the micro level and the resultant impact these values have on the society on the macro level.

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