Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, at work, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1971
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"Born in 1928 at Ila Orangun, Lamidi O. Fakeye took to woodcarving early and naturally, for the Fakeyes are renowned woodcarvers. In this autobiography, Fakeye writes a beguilingly conversational account of his peripatetic childhood, his fortuitous meeting with Father Kevin Carroll in 1949, and his apprenticeship under master sculptor George Bamide...
