Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2017/photo essay/Ebira women
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The Ebira women by User:Cooljade
The Ebira or Egbira people are an ethno-linguistic group of central Nigeria.
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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.
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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.
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The women of Ushafa village are renowned for their pottery skills.
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Though attracted the likes of President Bill Clinton, Michelle Bachelet etc, all promises of support are left unfulfilled
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The women still struggle to survive on under a dollar a day from the hard earned proceeds from their clay pots.