Reminiscing the Contributions of Six Scholars of the Nigerian Art History

Authors

  • Adepegba Kehinde Lagos State University of Science and Technology

Keywords:

Scholars, Nigerian Art History

Abstract

Issue of inadequate documentation of African contemporary art has been a major concern to the profession. Majority of tangible books that we have today on our art were masterminded by European and American ethnographers, archaeologists and anthropologists namely: Bernard and Williams Fagg, John Pemberton III, Leo Frobenius, Williams Bascom, Ulli Beier, Frank Willett, Henry Drewal, Robin Poynor, John Picton, Paula Ben-Amos, among others. These personalities and a few Nigerian art historians have made indelible imprints on the history of Nigerian art despite the fact that most of them were not core art historians. In order to project and properly document these great personalities, this paper takes a cursory look at the lives and times of only six of them, including two Nigerians, who have passed on to the great beyond with the view to reviewing their scholarly contributions to Nigerian Art history while they were alive. The six selected personalities for this reminiscing are: Leo Viktor FROBENIUS (29, June, 1873 – 9 August, 1938); Bennard FAGG (8 December, 1915 – 14 August, 1987); William Buller FAGG (28 April, 1914 – 10 July 1992); Cornelius Oyeleke ADEPEGBA (23 March, 1941 – 1 October, 2002); Frank WILLETT (18 August, 1925 – 15 June, 2006) and Ekpo Okpo EYO (28 July 1931 – 28 May, 2011). Data were collected from secondary sources and analysed using historical and biographical methods. The paper reveals the identities of the personalities for readers to have a glimpse of their art historical contributions.

Author Biography

Adepegba Kehinde, Lagos State University of Science and Technology

Art and Industrial Design Department, Lagos State University of Science and Technology, Ikorodu, Lagos

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Published

2024-04-09

How to Cite

Kehinde, A. (2024). Reminiscing the Contributions of Six Scholars of the Nigerian Art History. Journal of Creative Arts, Communication and Media Studies, 2(1), 94–107. Retrieved from https://journal.ku.ac.ke/index.php/JCCM/article/view/466

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