Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
While preparing their fields for planting, the Mende in southeastern Sierra Leone and western Liberia occasionally find small stone figures buried in the earth. Called nomoli, these figures were apparently carved by the Bullom/Sherbro, prior...
Helmet masks called sowei are worn by women who have attained the middle level in the Mende sande society. This is the only important masking tradition in Africa which is reserved exclusively for women. The sande society takes charge of...
Clark Blaise interviews Ambrose Massaquoi from Sierra Leone. Massaquoi talks about how reggae or Jamaican music is very popular in Sierra Leone. Massaquoi is part of a musical band who perform Christian rap music. Massaquoi says that his purpose...
James Dooge: Irishman -- An Author Returns to Campus -- Iowa City's Changing Face -- Helping Iowa's Special Children -- Iowa's F.I.P. -- Bowen Resigns U of I Presidency -- REsdient Physician -- New Art Facility -- U of Iowans in Government -- Dean...
José Sierra was born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. While José is a mostly self-taught artist, he studied art at the University of the Andes in M����rida, Venezuela from 1993-1996, where he learned the basic skills of mixing clay, glazes,...
José Sierra was born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. While José is a mostly self-taught artist, he studied art at the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela from 1993-1996, where he learned the basic skills of mixing clay, glazes, as well...
José Sierra was born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1975. While José is a mostly self-taught artist, he studied art at the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela from 1993-1996, where he learned the basic skills of mixing clay, glazes, as well...