Ekpo Eyo

Ọkà mmụta ihe ochie nke Naijiria, ọkà mmụta ihe banyere mmadụ na ihe mgbe ochie

Ekpo Okpo Eyo (8 Julaị 1931 - 28 Mee 2011) bụ onye ọkà mmụta Naijiria nke a maara nke ọma maka ọrụ ya na nkà mmụta ihe ọkpụ nke Naịjirịa. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na interface nke archeology, anthropology, na akụkọ ihe mere eme, ọ nọkwa na-arụsi ọrụ ike na ọtụtụ afọ na-elekọta ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị etiti nakwa nke mba nke ihe ochie na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na Nigeria.[1] A kọwara ya dịka 'doyen na ụlọ ọrụ na omenala Naịjirịa' na 'ogidi ákátákpó [...] nke ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie Naịjirịa'.[2][3]

Akụkọ ndụ

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Ịbụ onye sitere na Cross River State na mgbe ọ kwagara Lagos, Eyo zutere Surveyor of Antiquities na Nigeria, Kenneth Murray, onye gbara ya ume ịga gụọ akwụkwọ na mba ọzọ: Eyo gụrụ archeology na anthropology na Mahadum Cambridge (BA) nakwa archeology na Mahadum London (MA). Mgbe ọ laghachiri Naịjirịa, ọ nwetara PhD na Mahadum nke Ibadan . Site n'afọ1968 ruo 1979, Eyo bụ onye nduzi nke Federal Department of Antiquities, ma mesịa, ruo n'afọ 1986, onye nduzi nke National Commission for Museums and Monuments. N'ọkwa ndị a, ọ lekọtara mgbanwe nke ọrụ archeological n'ala Naịjirịa, nke na-eduga n'ịtụleghachi ọdịbendị prehistoric dịka Nok, Owo, maọbụ Ife. Ọ kwagara na Mahadum nke Maryland, College Park, ebe ọ bụ Ọkankuzi nke nka Afrịka na nkà mmụta ihe ochie.[1][2]

Ná mbido afọ 1980, Eyo haziri ihe ngosi mba ụwa na 'Treasures of Ancient Nigeria', na-egosi na nke mbụ ya ọtụtụ ihe ngosi nke nkà mmụta ihe ochie nke Naijiria nye ndị America na ndị Europe na-ege ntị, nke e gosipụtara na Detroit, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Calgary, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, na London.[4][5][6] Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke PanAfrican Archaeological Association site n'afọ 1983 ruo afọ 1995.[7]

Nsọpụrụ

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  • 1980 Onye otu International Council of Museums (ICOM)[2]
  • 1980 Onye ọrụ nke Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), iwu nke Federal Republic of Nigeria[2]
  • 2004 ACASA Leadership Award nke Arts Council nke African Studies Association[2][8]

Edemsibịa

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Folorunso (2011). "Obituary Ekpo Okpo Eyo (1931 – 2011)". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 46: 363. DOI:10.1080/0067270X.2011.609765. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Obituary of Professor Ekpo Eyo. AfricaResource. Retrieved on 2019-08-07.
  3. Orijemie (2014). "Eyo, Ekpo Okpo", in Smith: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY, 2719–2720. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2350. ISBN 978-1-4419-0426-3. 
  4. Treasures of ancient Nigeria (1980 edition) / Open Library. Open Library. 
  5. Philadelphia Museum of Art / Exhibitions / Treasures of Ancient Nigeria. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved on 2019-08-20.
  6. Nigeria's legendary museologist, Ekpo Eyo, is dead. Maurice Archibong. Retrieved on 2019-08-07.
  7. Congresses and Presidents – PanAfrican Archaeological Association. www.panafprehistory.org. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-22.
  8. Past Recipients. Arts Council of the African Studies Association. Retrieved on 2019-08-07.