A terracotta sculpture from this country is nicknamed “the thinker” due to its resemblance to the Rodin sculpture of the same name. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country home to the Nok culture. Kanem-Bornu’s capital city of Ngazargamu was in this country.
ANSWER: Nigeria [or Federal Republic of Nigeria]
[10e] During the medieval period, Nok culture influence persisted in the art of these people, as seen in similar terracotta depictions of human forms. These people are one of the main ethnic groups of Nigeria alongside the Yoruba and the Hausa and formed the breakaway Biafran Republic.
ANSWER: Igbo [or Ibo]
[10h] This Yoruban civilization received particularly great influence from the Nok culture, as seen in a crowned bronze depiction of this city’s ruler Ooni. Obatala legendarily founded this contemporary of Kanem-Bornu.
ANSWER: Ile-Ife [accept Ife Empire]
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