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Uche Okeke

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Uche Okeke
Rayuwa
Haihuwa 30 ga Afirilu, 1933
ƙasa Najeriya
Ƙabila Afirkawan Amurka
Mutuwa 5 ga Janairu, 2016
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello
Harsuna Turanci
Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a painter (en) Fassara, drawer (en) Fassara da art theorist (en) Fassara
Employers Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka

Christopher Uchefuna Okeke (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Afrilu, shekarar 1933), wanda aka fi sani da Uche Okeke, ya kasance mai zane, sculptor, kuma malami. Ya kasance kwararre kuma masanin ka'ida, mai ilimin zamani ga zamani na Najeriya.

An haifi Christopher Uchefuna Okeke a ranar 30 ga watan Afrilu shekarar, 1933 a garin Nimo, Karamar Hukumar Njikoka wadda ke Jihar Anambra, Najeriya, iyayensa sune Isaac Okonkwo Okeke da Monica Mgboye Okeke (née Okoye). A tsakanin shekarar, 1940 zuwa 1953, ya halarci makarantar St. Peter Claver's (Primary), Kafanchan, Metropolitan College, Onitsha, da Bishop Shanahan College, Orlu, Nigeria, wanda a lokacin ya fara nuna sha'awar zane-zane. Kafin a ba shi damar karanta Fine Art a Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (NCAST), yanzu Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zaria, Okeke ya riga ya baje kolin motocin haya a yayin taron Field Society a Jos Museum, ya halarci shirye-shirye da kuma gabatar da na Najeriya. Zane-zane da zane-zane tare da Bernard Fagg a matsayin mai kula da kuma gudanar da baje kolin zane-zane da zane-zane kadai, a Jos da Kaduna tare da Sir Ahmadu Bello . [1]

Kungiyar masu zane na Zaria

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A matsayinsa na matashi mai fasaha, Okeke ya kasance daya daga cikin yan kungiyar Masu Zane na Zariya a shekarar, 1958. Kungiyar ta samo asali ne sakamakon rigingimun siyasa a Najeriya na fafutukar samun 'yancin kai kuma an kafa ta ne da wasu manyan jaruman zamani a fannin fasahar Najeriya kamar Yusuf Grillo, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Oseloka Osadebe, Demas Nwoko da sauransu. Yawancin malamansa a Kwalejin Najeriya ’yan Burtaniya ne kuma suna koyar da dabarun yammacin duniya duk da haka, kungiyar Zaria ta yi adawa da sanya tunanin makarantar fasaha ta Turai kan matasa masu fasaha a Afirka. A makaranta Okeke ya karanci kabilun Ibo, Yarbawa, da Hausawa, inda ya nemi hanyar bayyana kansa a Najeriya. Alamun tsohuwar Najeriya an fi samun su akan tukwane ko a zanen jiki. Ana kiran ƙirar Igbo Uli Patterns. [2]

  1. Bernice M. Kelly, "Uche Okeke," in Nigerian Artists, A Who's Who & Bibliography, ed. Janet L. Stanley (Washington DC, 1993), 361-368.
  2. Christa Clarke (2007) Uche Okeke and Chinua Achebe: Artist and Author in Conversation, Critical Interventions, 1:1, 143-153, DOI: 10.1080/19301944.2007.10781322