Nuba

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• Sow most admires the Nuba for their sense of the body and their concern for physical appearance, as shown in the complex arts of body painting and scarification.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Nuba Series became the cornerstone of all Sow's subsequent work in terms of scale, material, and style, and, most importantly, narrative elements.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Nuba Series, therefore, was conceived as an oppositional narrative.

  Academic text (1999)

• The year 1984 witnessed the birth of the Nuba Series, Sow's first group of larger-than-life-size sculptures, and the ones that launched his career.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Nuba Series was first exhibited in Dakar in 1988 in the courtyard of a gas station adjoining the French Cultural Center, prior to traveling to France that same year.

  Academic text (1999)

• In a study of Southeast Nuba body art (body painting and permanent marking), James Faris notes the differences in signification in male and female personal art.

  Academic text (2009)

• Sow views the Nuba's ideas about nudity as an expression of freedom rather than sexual provocation, as in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many Nuba people have preserved their unique cultural traditions despite centuries of external influences.

• Activists are working to raise awareness about the struggles faced by the Nuba in Sudan.

• The Nuba communities celebrate their heritage through traditional music and dance.

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