Bronze Head from Ife

**B Head from Ife**, bee **Ife Head**, nyɛla kopa pishi ayi'ka mɛhi puuni yini bɛ ni daa yihi polo yuuni 1938, Ife, Nigeria, Yorubanima adiini adiini yaɣ'li. Bɛ dihitabili ni naa so zaani ka di zaya maa. Di ŋmani sɛnchiri pia ni ayi zaŋ chaŋ pia ni ata saha ka bɛ daa mɛ li. Achiika, niŋbu ni hankali shɛli bɛ ni zaŋ mɛli bori ni di bɛ ni yɛli ni bɛ jɛ Africa peentibu la nangbankpeeni. Ife heads ŋɔ nahingbana nyɛla din gahim yi di ko ka di ni ŋmani tab’ shɛm ŋɔ “wuhiri ni ninvuɣu yino n-daa mali be bee luɣi yini ka di daa mali.

## Buɣisibu
Kamani West Africa buronzi, lala dini ŋɔ ŋun nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ kopa aloi mini kuriti dini, ka British Museum ban buɣisi li ni "heavily leaded zinc-brass". Ʒɛmana museum nima mini taarihi vihigu din tam nɛma zuɣu nyɛla din zoori ni di gu ka taɣi bachinima kamani buronzi bee braasi taarihi din yɛn lunzahim sokam ni saɣ’ dee shɛli "kopa aloi]".  Zuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ “lost wax” hankali mali ka di galisim paai ʒii buta, measuring 35&nbsp;cm high. Ŋun daa kpɛ li bee mali ŋɔ mali la kamani zuɣu sitaayi. Nini ŋɔ polo nyɛla pɔbi shɛli ni, amaa ka nangban pipa ŋɔ pala bi ni bonbo shɛŋa. Zuɣu ŋɔ naɣ'chiinsi ŋmani la nam zupiligu, bɛ ni zaŋ yaɣ'ri balibu balibu mɛ. Naɣichiinsi ku wuhiri la buronzi zuɣuri din yina Ife.. Zuɣ'piligu nini polo nyɛla a ni ni nya peenta ʒie mini zaɣ sabinli. Mɛhi shɛŋa din yinal Ife ŋɔ nyɛla din gahim Sub-Saharan African art, ka lahabali wuhi ni dini n-nyɛ tuuli tuuli kaya paɣisibu din daa tuɣi Yoruba art, Benin art pili mini din pahi.

## Nyabu mini yihibu
Ife Head ŋɔ pihibu daa nyɛla sarati yuuni 1938, Wunmonije Compound, Ife, din daa niŋ ka o mɛri braasi mini kopa zuɣu pia ni ayobu. Binyɛhi shɛŋa pam bɛ ni daa pihi Wunmonije Compound mini di yaɣa nyɛla din daa bahindi Ife Mɛʒium ni, amaa di biɛla daa nyɛla bɛ ni kpuɣi shɛli yi Nigeria ka di pa be mɛʒium shɛŋa dabama ni. Lala Ife Head daa nyɛla ninvuɣu so sabiri *Daily Times of Nigeria*, H. Maclear Bate ni kpuɣi shɛli Nigeria, di ni ni tooi nya ninvuɣu so ŋun daa kohili ti "National Art Collections Fund", ka bɛ gba zaŋ li ti niŋ British Mɛʒium yuuni 1939.

Mɛhi ŋɔ nyabu n-daa che ka gɔmnanti ti yiɣisi ni o nini pa bɛ ni ʒiri binyɛhi shɛŋa yiri Nigeria. Pɔi ka ŋɔ daa naan tooi niŋ tabata, zuɣu ŋɔ ŋun daa pun yi Paris paai London ka diba ayi shɛŋa mi daa kuli America. Bɛ ni daa lahi bori ni be gu lala binyɛra ʒin yi, Leo Frobenius ni daa tahi hankali shɛli na, daa nyɛla bɛ ni nya nasara yuuni 1938, din daa niŋ ka kpamba zali zalisi. Frobenius daa nyɛla German karachi ŋun mi kaya ni taɣ'da bɔbigu ni nɛma taarihi ŋun daa nyɛ Europe karachinima tuuli puuni yino ŋun niŋ zaɣa ni Africa art, di bahibahindi Yoruba dini.

## Ife

Ife zuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla na kari so zuɣu, ŋun yuli booni *Ooni or Oni*. Di ni tooi nyɛla Naa *Obalufon Alayemore* n-daa puhi ka bɛ mali li. Zuŋɔ Yorubanim’ sani, Obalufon nyɛla bɛ ni mi so ka o nyɛ braasi  buɣa kpɛma. Saha shɛli bɛ ni daa mali ŋɔ daa nyɛla Yorubanima ninneesim saha, ka bɛ daa mɛli tam daa din dolisi Niger Mɔɣali zaŋ kpa West Africa. Yorubanima nyɛla ban mi Ife la luɣ'shɛli bɛ buɣa ni daa nam daadama.

Kopa shɛli bɛ ni zaŋ pahi mɛ ŋɔ nyɛla Nigerian oris dini, amaa karachi kura dihitabili ni di daa yila *Central Europe*, North West Mauritania,  Byzantine Empire, bee Southern Morocco.

Buronzi ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni naan tooi zaŋ shɛli mɛ ʒɛmana mɛhi.

Ife ŋɔ nyɛla West Africa   West African artistic traditions, including the Bura of Niger (3rd century CE – 10th century CE), Koma of Ghana (7th century CE – 15th century CE), Igbo-Ukwu of Nigeria (9th century CE – 10th century CE), ni Jenne-Jeno of Mali (11th century CE – 12th century CE), din ni tooi nyɛ tuuli West Africa yaɣari ni daa mali nuu timbu ni shɛli Nigeria.

## Nuu timbu ni art taarihi
Di ni daa niŋ ka Frobenius vihi nya lala zuɣu tatabu, di daa lihi ʒiɛm silimin tiŋduya ni mi Africa ninneesim ni paai shɛm. Baŋdiba daa bi bori ni bɛ saɣ'ti ni Africa na min mali lala ninneesim ni bɛ tooi yihi binshɛɣu na ka di viɛli ka mali dariza ka mani ŋɔ. Din yɛn wuhi ka bɛ baŋ ni ka viɛnyɛla ka bɛ mi maa, Frobenius daa wuhi ni ŋɔ nyɛla kurumbuna ha Geek nima biɛhigu shee bɛ ni daa yooi sɛnchiri pia ni ata saha BC. O daa yɛli yɛltɔɣa, ka di wuligi gili luɣili kam pɔhim zuɣu, ni o ni buɣisi ni kurumbuni ha Greek nima biɛhigu shee ni tooi nyɛla luɣ'shɛli Atlantis kurumbuna ha kpɛma ni daa yina.

Di pa saɣ'ti ni lala mɛhi ŋɔ za la Africa kaya ni ta'ada kura din mali jiri ka nya malibu viɛnyɛla. Zuɣuri ŋɔ nyɛla yɛli ni shɛli Africa kaya ni ta'ada kpaŋmaŋa pini, ka di dihitabili ni ninvuɣu yino n-daa ʒini luɣ’ yini mali li.

## Nuu timbu ni ʒɛmana kaya ni ta'ada
Ife Head ŋɔ nyɛla din niŋ bayana ka bɛ mali li kuri bukaata logos ka lahi mali dihiri naɣ'chiinsi Nigeria laɣinsi ni, ni shikuru duri kamani Obafemi Awolowo University ŋan be Ile-Ife.

Ife Head ŋɔ n-daa nyɛ simbuli yuuni 1973 "All-Africa Games" din daa niŋ Lagos la.

Ife Head shɛli din be Britishers Mɛʒium la daa nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ shɛli pahi yuuni 2010 mɛhi zaŋ wuhi salo laɣingu din daa nyɛ *Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa* la zuɣu, ka di nyɛla Nigeria laɣingu din nya “National Commission for Museums and Monuments”, ni Africa Art Mɛʒium, New York ni British Mɛʒium n-daa gbuni kpalanzuya ni di niŋ. Lala wuhibu ŋɔ daa pahila Nigeria maŋsulinsi yuun’ pihinu chuɣu puhibu diɛma zuɣu.
Yuuni 2011, Ife Head ŋɔ daa nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ ŋa pahi "British Museum/BBC's *A History of the World in 100 Objects"*


File:Comemoração ao Dia da Consciência Negra (37827968524).jpg|Celebrating Black Awareness Day 2017 at the Zumbi dos Palmares Monument, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


## Lahi nyama
*Archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu
*Benin bronzes
*Bronze Head of Queen Idia

## Kundivihira