Olu oguibe biography of george michael
Biography, Summa cum laude and best graduate of all time of the University of Nigeria, I received my Bachelors in Fine and Applied Arts in after a....
Olu Oguibe's career can be summarized as having three interrelated streams: creative work, critical work, and political activity.
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Olu Oguibe
Olu Oguibe, who was born in 1964 in the southern Igbo city of Aba, received his first artistic experience from his father, a preacher, a former school teacher, a wood sculptor, and a sign painter.
As happened to so many other of his countrymen, Oguibe's life was disrupted by the Biafran War of 1967-70, but his family survived intact, and the artist later took part in traditional artistic activities in his home Igbo community.
Oguibe attended the University of Nigeria (1981-86), received his bachelor's degree, and undertook graduate work (1987-89) before he left for England due to the unsettled political situation in Nigeria. He remained in London for six years, where he earned his doctorate degree in art history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
His dissertation on the Nigerian artist Uzo Egonu, who left Nigeria following World War II and lived in England most of his life, was published i