sentences:  To fend for himself, Idubor turned to making tourist craft for sales to African traders and foreign tourists while also finding time to tend to his artistic and later distinctive vision of wood carvings.Although, the African tourism craft form was sometimes called traducible by some, the popularity with tourists and the effort put into training and making the craft encouraged the collecting of African art works.By 1953, Idubor was able to hold an exhibition of his wood sculptures at the Nigerian Exhibition Center.