Babatunde Lawal

Ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nka Naijiria
Babatunde Lawal
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya19 Ọktoba 1942 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụLagos Dezie
Asụsụ obodoAsụsụ Yoruba Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee, Asụsụ Yoruba, pidgin Naịjirịa Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụart historian Dezie
onye were ọrụVirginia Commonwealth University Dezie

Babatunde Lawal bụ onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme na ọkà mmụta nke ǹkà si mba Naịjirịa. Nnyocha ya lekwasịrị anya na omenala ọhụụ nke ndị Yoruba na mmetụta ya na America.[1] Ugbu a, ọ bụ Ọkammụta nke Art History na Mahadum Virginia Commonwealth.[1] A mụrụ Lawal ma zụlite ya na Isale-Eko (Oju Olokun Street), mpaghara nke Legọs.[2] N'ịbụ onye a zụlitere na Naịjirịa n'onwe ya, agụmakwụkwọ Lawal na-egosi ojiji nke usoro ihe atụ nke na-esite n'ihe ndekọ nke onye mbụ nke omenala dị iche iche nke Naịjirịa na omume nka. Nke a na-eme ka ọ dị iche na ọtụtụ ndị ọkà mmụta Europe na America nke nka Africa.[3]

N'akwụkwọ ya banyere Gelede, Lawal na-ede, sị: "Ọtụtụ ndị ọkà mmụta [...] akpọọla oku maka usoro ọhụrụ dị egwu nke ga-enye ohere ka a mụọ ọdịnala Afrịka n'ụzọ nke ha, kama ile ha anya site na lenses Eurocentric... Ihe dị mkpa ngwa ngwa, dị ka Henry Gates kwuru, bụ usoro nke na-eme ka ọdịbendị nyere 'na-ekwu maka onwe ya banyere ọdịdị ya na ọrụ dị iche iche, kama ịgụ ya, ma ọ bụ nyochaa ya, n'ihe gbasara ... echiche ndị a gbaziri n'ozuzu site na ọdịnala ndị ọzọ, nke e nwetara site n'èzí."[2]

Edensibia

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Babatunde Lawal. The Department of Art History, Factulty: Bio. Virginia Commonwealth University. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved on 3 May 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lawal (1996). The Gèlèdé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture. Seattle: University of Washington press. ISBN 978-0-295-97599-3. 
  3. Babatunde Lawal (en-US). VCUarts (2020-02-10). Retrieved on 2022-06-09.