Oshogbo

[ oh-shog-boh ]

noun

1. a city in SW Nigeria.

Oshogbo

/ əˈʃɒɡbəʊ /

noun

1. a city in SW Nigeria: trade centre. Pop: 629 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Abi Oshogbo, 39, who lives less than three blocks from the scene, said she was most concerned about the Precious Babies Learning Academy, a day care center close to the site of the shooting that she said had been locked down by police.

From New York Times

At Oshogbo, in southwestern Nigeria, three Europeans — Ulli Beier; his first wife, Susanne Wenger; and his second wife, Georgina Beier — opened experimental workshops for local artists, who were encouraged to take imagery from Yoruba myths and folk tales.

From New York Times

The prints they produced, of half-human, half-animal figures, demonic and comical, exemplify the Oshogbo look: graphically sophisticated, but with a folkish veneer that spelled “African” to Western eyes.

From New York Times

Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria.

From New York Times

A dancer and singer, Prince Twins Seven-Seven found his calling as an artist in the 1960s when he became part of an experimental school in the city of Oshogbo run by Ulli Beier, a German linguist who became a promoter of African culture, and his wife, Georgina.

From New York Times