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Ladi Kwali: Traditional Potter. 
She started the art of pottery in the traditional apprenticeship at the age of Nine. 
She continued in the traditional apprenticeship techniques creating non-functional cooking pots.These pots were decorated with mythical and common creatures such as lizards, spiders, crocodiles, chameleons, and scorpions, and some were glazed with herbs in the traditional way. Ladi worked with Micheal Cardew, an English potter who opened a Pottery Training Centre at Old Abuja for a brief period. Her skills in shaping and decorating of pots earned her an Honorary doctorate (Ph.D) degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She however, later dropped the traditional open firing methods and herbal glazing methods and picked up the modern kiln firing and glazing methods. This resulted in her pots being finished in a high metallic gloss. Her products can be found in museums in England, Holland, and theUnited States of America.