Nigeria remembers master wood carver

BBC News - WorldCenterEN 5 min read 100% complete January 20, 2026 at 01:30 AM

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Renowned Nigerian master wood carver Kasali Akangbe Ogun, known for his unique style of elongated faces and flowing forms, has died and been buried. Ogun, from a lineage of Yoruba wood carvers in Osogbo, was a leading figure in the New Sacred Art Movement, founded to protect the Osun Forest. The Osun Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005, is a significant cultural site for the Yoruba people and the goddess Osun. Ogun helped safeguard the forest and its sacred river from misuse. His work, and that of the New Sacred Art Movement, is currently featured in the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern.

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