The most characteristic Nok artifacts are clay figurines of animals and stylized human beings, usually heads; perforated eyes of an elliptical or triangular shape are typical of the style. Other artifacts of the Nok culture include iron tools, stone axes and other stone tools, and stone ornaments.
Why might African American artists such as Langston Hughes reject the playing of the blues by white artists like Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones? It disconnected the music from the social conditions in which it was grounded.
