Sentences with phrase «late colonial era»

In the late colonial era, a crop of Nigerian artists known as the «Zaria Rebels» gave definition to the practice of meshing ancient indigenous art such as Nok with contemporary religious design and western technique.

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Later, during the colonial era in Mexico, a cure for earache was to mix wine and chile powder for use as eardrops.

(Pit beef doesn't have Colonial - era barbecue history as it first appeared in the late 1960s at a tavern in Baltimore.

Paul Proulx, also a ranking member of the Fidi Neighborhood Association, said he joined the group specifically to advocate for much - needed city services and Downtown infrastructure improvements — most notably through upgrades to the area's colonial - era street grid, which locals have blamed for a whole host of quality - of - life and safety issues — that have been late catching up with the area's radical demographic shift.

The old embassy building, at 4 Lê Duẩn Boulevard, up past the colonial - era Notre Dame Cathedral and round the corner, was demolished in the late 1990s, after the Clinton administration restored diplomatic relations and the site was given back to the United States.

Later visit Agra Fort, home of the Emperors and enjoy high tea at a colonial house from the British era.

This wide - ranging collection of objects dates from the colonial era to the late 1920s and encompasses the major genres of American art — from the founding tradition of portraiture and the first «national» style of landscape painting to a diversity of still life and figure painting.