Bilphena Yahwon writing in Ezibota:
More hereIn Igboland, Uli, was a feminine art form and a form of graphic communication. Uli, uri, and urie are dialect variations in the Igbo language that describe either body or wall/mural painting in a local village setting. However, in Igboland the art of applying uli to the body is not referred to as painting, since brushes are not used. Instead the phrase ide uli (to write uli) or ise uli (to draw uli) is more appropriate (Smith, 24). For the purpose of this article and consistency, I will refer to the art form as simply “Uli” or “Uli painting”.
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