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The Ebira women by User:Cooljade

The Ebira or Egbira people are an ethno-linguistic group of central Nigeria.

  • The Ebira women are the most vibrant and hard working of Nigerian female artisans. They farm, process and sell food crops yet live and sustain an average family of 6 with under $1 a day.
    The Ebira women are the most vibrant and hard working of Nigerian female artisans. They farm, process and sell food crops yet live and sustain an average family of 6 with under $1 a day.
  • The northern women are by culture restricted from working amongst men. So to earn a living a cluster of females within a family work together. Here, the CEO of Builders Hub Foundation working with the women of Sokoto state make leather motifs for handmade upholdsry and leather wear.
    The northern women are by culture restricted from working amongst men. So to earn a living a cluster of females within a family work together. Here, the CEO of Builders Hub Foundation working with the women of Sokoto state make leather motifs for handmade upholdsry and leather wear.
  • The women of Ushafa village are renowned for their pottery skills.
    The women of Ushafa village are renowned for their pottery skills.
  • Though attracted the likes of President Bill Clinton, Michelle Bachelet etc, all promises of support are left unfulfilled
    Though attracted the likes of President Bill Clinton, Michelle Bachelet etc, all promises of support are left unfulfilled
  • The women still struggle to survive on under a dollar a day from the hard earned proceeds from their clay pots.
    The women still struggle to survive on under a dollar a day from the hard earned proceeds from their clay pots.
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