Yves Apollinaire Pede

Yves Apollinaire Pede (born 1959, in Abomey) is a Beninois Vodou artist. After being commissioned to reproduce reliefs for the , he made sand paintings of well-known personalities such as Nelson Mandela.^[1] He gradually became oriented towards textile art, looking to Haitian and Cuban Vodou artists for inspiration. He is also noted for his large cement sculptures and bas-reliefs, and is stated to have a "special interest" in , a Fon word which literally means "the one from the path of death".^[2]^[3] He is based in Ouidah, the world centre for Vodun art, which has an annual festival.^[1]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yves Pede" (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 34.
^ African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 97.

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[UNESCO-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yves Pede" (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[2] African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 34.

[3] African Arts. African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2001. p. 97.

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