Greg Nwoko Historic Blog

Friday 19 December 2014

Gift of Nigeria to the United Nations

The Government of Nigeria donated to the United Nations, in 1966, a bronze sculpture executed by the Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu. The sculpture entitled "Anyanwu" ("Sun") is six feet ten inches high, and represents a woman clad in the regalia of the ancient kingdom of Royal Benin, now part of Nigeria. It symbolizes the rising of a new nation.


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