THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LEO FROBENIUS TO DISCOVERY OF YORUBA ARTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Title .....................................................................................................................................................i Dedication ........................................................................................................................................ii Recognition ...............................................................................................................................................iii Contents .......................................................................................................................................................iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background ...............................................................................................................................1 1.2 Questions....................................................................................................................................2 1.3 Aim of the work .........................................................................................................................2 1.4 Methodology ................................................................................................................................2 1.5 Motivation…………….................................................................................................................3 1.6 Construction of the work ....................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER 2 LEO FROBENIOUS 2.1.1 Who is Leo Frobeneous? ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Educational Background......................................................................................................................5 2.1.3 Family life .....................................................................................................................................6 2.2.1 Frobeniou's journey of discovery ............................................................................................6 iii 2.2.2 Artistic interest..........................................................................................................................7 2.2.3 Frobeneous African Discoveries ................................................................................................8 2.2.4 Travel experience ...................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER 3 COLONIAL INTEREST 3.1.1 Colonial Relationship..................................................................................................................10 3.1.2 Germany ....................................................................................................................................12 3.1.3 Great Britain...........................................................................................................................15 3.4 Colonial interest..........................................................................................................................17 3.5 The consequences of Frobenious Discoveries............................................................………………19 3.5.1 The positive aspects.................................................................................................................21 3.5.2 The Negative Aspects ...............................................................................................................22 CHAPTER 4 YORUBA IN THE WEST AFRICA 4.1 Nigerian Arts .......................................................................................................................................23 4.2 History and Yoruba Art ................................................................................................................24 4.3. The Yoruba ..................................................................................................................................25 4.4 The Ife ...................................................................................................................................................26 4.5 Yoruba and Ife Arts .....................................................................................................................27 iv 4.6 Meaning and symbols ...................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 5.1 Summary.................................................................................................................................30 5.2. Conclusion………...................................................................................................................31 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................32