Wp/wlx/Afi Ekong

Constance Afiong "Afi" Ekong

human

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	Nigeria
Given name	Constance
Family name	Ekong
Date of birth	26 June 1930
Place of birth	Calabar
Date of death	24 February 2009
Languages spoken, written or signed	English
Occupation	painter
Educated at	Central School of Art and Design, Oxford Brookes University
Copyright status as a creator	works protected by copyrights
Personal pronoun	L484

Naa Constance Afiong "Afi" Ekong, Lady Attah (26 June 1930 – 24 February 2009) da la a Nigerian yielhe-ŋmera ane arts promoter.

O Nyɔvooho Yela

Afi Ekong saamiihe la Efik ane Ibibio aŋ be Calabar, Nigeria, o na e neɛ aŋ paahe a nayiri aŋ e Edidem Bassey Eyo Epharaim Adam III. O da gaa la Duke Town Sakuur ane Christ Church Sakuur aŋ be Calabar. O da zanne la e painter kyɛ e fashion design a England, aŋ be a Oxford College of Arts ane Technology, Saint Martin's Sakuur aŋ e a Art ane a Central Sakuur kyaahe Art aneDesign.

Toma

Ekong piihe la o zannoo a London a 1951 a Oxford College of Arts poɔ ane Technology, o paa da la gaa la Saint Martin's School aŋ kyaahe Art a 1955, kyɛ la leɛ gaa a Lagos a 1957. A 1958 a Exhibition Centre Marina, Ekong da la a pɔge dɛndɛŋ soba aŋ taa a solo exhibition a Lagos. A 1961 o da taa la a solo exhibition at Galeria Galatea Buenos Aires. Ona so kyɛ na tona a Bronze Gallery aŋ taa jijamaa, a Lagos ane a Fiekong Estate a Calabar. Ona da la a manaaja ko a Lagos Arts Council, neɛ paahe a noba aŋ piihe a jie aŋ e a Nigerian yiel-ŋmereba, meŋ e neɛ kaaha a Gallery Labac yi 1961, ane zujeɛ ko a Federal Arts Council Nigeria yi 1961 te ta 1967. gbɛrebo jamaa o maŋ yele la yela a Nigerian tiivi juŋ aŋ kyaahe saakommo yela, ka zɛge a arts. A 1963, ba da gaane o la New York Times photo yelyagesɛgere teseŋ "new African woman" ba na da zɔɔ faare bameehe. O meŋ da eɛ wederɛ ko a UNESCO commission a 1970s, ane a 1990 a National Council of Women's Societies Committee kyaahe Arts ane Crafts.

Ekong's tone la nimijie ka o jɛge a arts ane pɔgeba ganzanne ka a do saa a West Africa aŋ taa bammo ko neɛ jaa a 1962 yi o na da e "The Star of Dame Official of the Human Order of African Redemption," yi President William Tubman of Liberia. O meŋ da eɛ nenkpoŋ a Presbyterian Church.

O Meehe Yela

Afi Ekong da kulee neɛ aŋ e a gobena neɛ Prince Abdul Azizi Attah, bidao ko Atta Igbirra, a 1949. O da kpie la 2009, a Calabar poɔ ona da e yuomo78. A Bronze Gallery naŋ tona la a Calabar. Paintings yi Afi Ekong be la a University of Lagos Laabere.