EL ANATSUI, contemporary artist born in Anyako, Ghana, 1944 studio at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1975 - present.

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EL ANATSUI, contemporary artist born in Anyako, Ghana, 1944 studio at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, present

l to r : El Anatsui, Chika Okeke-Agulu, international curator Okwui Enwezor, and St. Lawrence U student Tanda Dhlakama ’11 at the 2010 Toronto opening of the El Anatsui retrospective "When I Last Wrote to You about Africa."

Dr. Chika Okeke-Agulu Associate Professor of Art History, Princeton artist, independent curator, and art historian with primary interest in contemporary art, especially of Africa and its Diaspora