![]() ![]() Further, the line between character and coolness blurs and merges to form an existential meaning of ashe. For example, proffering shows signs of generosity, hands holding breasts means giving and sustenance, hands holding an empty kola bowl shows respect and honour, and sealed lips symbolize seriousness (Thompsons 13). Similarly, a calm face curved upon a divination tray and curves of a calabash or thunderstone represent devotion and sacrifice. For example, the human head in Yoruba art represents an ideal character. ![]() Itutu informed most of Yoruba art, with certain themes producing abstract meaning. The Yoruba people upheld coolness as a necessity for a godliness character, thus influencing abstract art forms prioritising character and moral excellence.Īccording to Babatunde Lawal, a Yoruba historian, the community’s obsession with exhibiting coolness combined fine character with the obsession normalizing it as exhibited by the different art forms showing ashe and itutu as a recurring theme. ![]() ![]() In their society, they prioritized idealized characterization known as ashe iwa, and fused it with a sense of certainty to convey a “mystic coolness” known as itutu (Thompsons 12). Art, Character, and Coolness amongst the Yoruba PeopleĪrt to the Yoruba people immortalized various forms of their cultural norms. ![]()
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