Wp/efi/Afi Ekong
Obong awan Constance Afiong "Afi Ekong", Lady Attah eke mana ke isua 1930, June 26 ndien enye oyun odu uwem eke sim isua 2009, February 24. Enye eke di oworo iso owo nwan ke Nigeria ke abanghade mkpo uso.
Utom
[edit | edit source]Afi Ekong ama ka ufok nwed ntai ifiok ke Oxford College of Arts and Technology. Ntre, eke man enye ke ufok Edidem Bassey Eyo Ephraim Adam lll. Ete ye Eka esie eke di owo Efik ye Ibibio. Afi Ekong eke tongho uwem ke Duke Town School ye Christ Church School, kpukpuru me ke Calabar. Ke isua 1951 ke enye eke duk ufok nwed ntai ifiok ke Saint Martin's School. Ndien, ke isua 1958, enye ma anam uwut ubok-utom esie emi edide uso ke exhibition centre ke Marina, mi ke Lagos. Uso esie ye ubok-utom esie oyoyoho ke mme nsio nsio itie ke ekondo Ke akpatre, Obong ukara Liberia emi ekedide President William Tubman ama ono enye mkpo eyen utom (award) emi okponde akan ke isua 1962 - "The Star of Dame Official of the Human Order of African Redemption". Afi Ekong ama odo ebe ke isua 1949, ebe esie ekedi Prince Abdul Azizi Attah, eyen Atta, Obong Igbirra Land, owo Kogi State, Nigeria. Afi Ekong ama odu uwem oworo isua 2009 ndien enye akpa. Enye eke di owo isua 78yrs ke ini mkpa esie.
References
[edit | edit source]1.Nigeria: Afi Ekong, the Amazon of Local Arts, Takes a Bow. Vanguard Newspaper (29 March 2009).