nok culture was west africa’s earliest known culture.
nok culture was west africa’s earliest known culture.
what was west africa’s earliest known culture?
nok culture
the origins of african art lie long before recorded history. african rock art in the sahara in niger preserves 6000-year-old carvings. along with sub-saharan africa, the western cultural arts, ancient egyptian paintings and artifacts, and indigenous southern crafts also contributed greatly to african art. often depicting the abundance of surrounding nature, the art was often abstract interpretations of animals, plant life, or natural designs and shapes. the nubian kingdom of kush in modern sudan was in close and often hostile contact with egypt, and produced monumental sculpture mostly derivative of styles that did not lead to the north. in west africa, the earliest known sculptures are from the nok culture which thrived between 500 bc and 500 ad in modern nigeria, with clay figures typically with elongated bodies and angular shapes.
african art
the earliest known culture of this region was that of the chalchihuites, which existed from the late pre-classic to about 900 ad, and was mostly sedentary and agricultural. it is not known why the settlements of this area were abandoned, but theories center on climate change, attacks from nomadic peoples and the fall of the large cities of the central valleys of mesoamerica. from then until the arrival of the spanish, the nomadic chichimecas dominated the area.
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