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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures From West Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Ife ( pronounced ee-feh) is today regarded as the spiritual heartland of the Yoruba people living in Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and their many descendants around the world. It is rightly regarded as the birthplace of some of the...
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The British Museum

British Museum: Ife Head: Brass Head of a Ruler

For Students 9th - 10th
An example of a bronze sculptural piece produced by the Yoruba people of East Africa. Famous for its sense of realism, which was unique in African art at the time (twelfth to fourteenth century AD), this head of a king, from Ife, is...