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Archaeology and Indigenous Hermeneutics: The Use of Toponyms and Performance Genre in Contextualizing Material Culture
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Landscape in the Making-GLS Symposium
I will be speaking at the Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium, in partnership with the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies. Dumbarton Oaks, May 6 – 7, 2022 Symposiarchs: Stephen Daniels (University of Nottingham), Dell Upton (University of California, Los Angeles), and Thaïsa Way (Dumbarton Oaks) How might historians narrate landscape design within broader human …
Beyond Disorder: Reviving Nigerian Museums in the Midst of the Nigerian Chaos
Part 1: The Nigerian Chaos and the State of Nigerian Museums It is both intriguing and timely that two significant articles were published between October and December 2020, shedding light on the issues surrounding Nigerian art objects and museums. In October 2020, Dr. Lutz Mükke and Adie Vanessa Offiong sparked a renewed discussion on the …
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THE NIGERIAN CHAOS
A Yoruba proverb says, "Afefe ti fe, a ti ri furo Adiye," loosely translating to, "The wind has blown, and we now see the fowl's rear." This proverb perfectly encapsulates Nigeria's current state of affairs. The government's lackadaisical approach to managing the country's affairs has reached an alarming degree of mortification. Consequently, this leaves the …
Ola Lasisi 