NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Miguel and Carlos Cevallos made a living by drawing posters for neighborhood nightclubs, taco trucks and restaurants in Queens, painting in the businesses’ basements or on ...

“America,” the poster states, showing a small-town church steeple and soaring skyscrapers, a humble grain silo and the Statue of Liberty. These iconic, nostalgic images stand off to the sides, though.

Wendelin provides an overview of the various categories of posters created in Ghana and Nigeria. Until recently, the history and meaning of the medium of the poster has been largely ignored. As a ...