Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1972 - 5/31/1973

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Research on the Traditional Arts of the Ibo of Nigeria, Especially the Western Ibo Peoples

FAIN: FB-11049-72

University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001)
Herbert M. Cole (Project Director: September 1972 to present)

Intensive field study of the traditional and modern arts of the Western Ibo peoples of Nigeria. Main subtopics: arts of transformation, arts associated with leadership, and process arts (i.e., the building of clay sculpture).