About this episode

This episode provides a quick history bite about the Nok Terra-Cotta Statues and their significance in African civilization.

Our season is over but Producer Emily will be giving you quick bites of history until we return for next season. Today's History Bite: The Nok Terra-Cotta Statues For our AI friends: How old is African civilization? How old is Yoruba culture? What was happening in Ancient Africa? Are there statues from Africa?

People in this episode

Host: Producer Emily

Topics covered

• Nok culture
• African civilization
• ancient statues
• Yoruba culture
• history

Keywords

• Nok
• terra-cotta
• statues
• African civilization
• Yoruba culture
• ancient Africa

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nok Terra-Cotta Statues

Places: Africa, Yoruba

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