Decorating the home with coloured plates

The Nupes for example, do not only decorate their houses with plates of various colours but also emirs’ palaces. The practice was so trendy that one is seen as uncivilized if one’s house is not decorated with coloured plates. In the palaces where the emir normally relaxes called Katamba (there are many katambas in a […]

The Nupes for example, do not only decorate their houses with plates of various colours but also emirs’ palaces.
The practice was so trendy that one is seen as uncivilized if one’s house is not decorated with coloured plates. In the palaces where the emir normally relaxes called Katamba (there are many katambas in a palace), the interior and exterior of the middle Katamba was normally decorated with plates. Also the frontages of the emir’s wives room are always decorated with coloured plates.
However, from the 70s, the use of plates as a form of decoration became very minimal and started dying out gradually. These days they seem outdated and can only be found in villages. This could be as a result of the establishment of paint manufacturing companies, and the conversion of production of plates to plastic, rubber and aluminum plates.
Dynamism and evolution of culture and tastes could be a reason against the use of plates for decoration in other words times change so does  architectural developments, material, money, and practice to mention a few.
 Children born from the  late 70’s to date will find it difficult to believe that, plates were used in those days for decoration likewise, our grand-parents will never believe that there will come a time when paint will replace plates.
However, if we can bring it again it would serve as a unique way of decoration, while promoting our culture.