Ladi Kwali

Nigerian potter (c. 1925–1984)

Ladi Dosei Kwali, OON NNOM, MBE (c. 1925 – 12 August 1984) was a Nigerian potter, ceramicist and educator. Ladi Kwali was born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was an indigenous occupation among women. She learned pottery as a child through her aunt, using the traditional method of coiling.

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