Visual Arts, Identity and Negotiation for African Development
The mineral deposits in Nigeria and the development of Nigeria are highly considered the fundamental resources for any meaningful Socio-Economic and Technological development in Nigeria. This paper will therefore highlight the roles and importance of these Solid Mineral resources for Nigerian Development. The visual Arts will visualize different Solid Mineral resources exist in Nigeria laying waste without utilization. Through Visual Arts will be able to identify the solid mineral differently in Nigeria, their uses and their functions clearly from the ground e.g. quartz, felspar, marble, kaolin, ball-clay, glass-sound, iron-ore, baryte, tin and some many here. Through the Visual Arts the only source to identify and negotiate these different solid minerals, sourced and processed so that they will synergize one another to interact and form what that will bring into societal need for humanity and thus Nigerian Development will be practically analyzed here.
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