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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Nobody: 7:00pm On Mar 13, 2017
Beautiful.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Bighaywhy: 7:02pm On Mar 13, 2017
If you are a pro in front end development (boostrap) and you are based in ibadan. kindly forward your past projects to oyalekeayobami@yahoo.com
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Nobody: 7:12pm On Mar 13, 2017
megrimor:
A noble woman.

Not all these half baked ASHAWO materials we have these days

Their picture will appear on condom leaflet grin


Lady kwali is a woman of substance, learnt about her abt 13 yrs ago in my fine art class
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Moganajoe: 7:25pm On Mar 13, 2017
megrimor:
With the way ladies now expose their breast,

Please, is the breast still a private part in a lady's body?
Nope.....is commercial commodity use for attracting clients
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by newyorks(m): 7:28pm On Mar 13, 2017
"Lady Kwali" choi i like the name smh.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by saudyarmani(m): 7:40pm On Mar 13, 2017
A woman that can never be forgotten till eternity...her handwork and talent took her places

No be out sister dem wey be say na Olosho be dia work...dem go even dey proud ontop am embarassed
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Newmanluckyman(m): 7:42pm On Mar 13, 2017
... Great woman,great talent.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by AreaFada2: 7:43pm On Mar 13, 2017
Nice. Very well known by now.

My only worry is why does it always take a white man appreciating our work before we begin to do same?

Look at Benin arts, Nok culture, Ife arts, Nri arts, etc.

Until oyinbo valued them, we Africans (except immediate owners/tribe) barely did. Quite sad.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by uslinus(m): 7:44pm On Mar 13, 2017
Good woman with so many plan for people
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by sanusikebbe(m): 7:49pm On Mar 13, 2017
Great woman. RIP
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by k9ine(m): 7:52pm On Mar 13, 2017
@OP
You could have added a photo of the N20 note. This adds quality to your reporting and presentation skills especially since your write-up can be assessed by global audience.
Thanks.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by EazyMoh(m): 7:59pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
You are a disgrace to your teachers.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by valicious1(m): 8:12pm On Mar 13, 2017
how can u say she's the only woman to be featured on a currency. What of the woman on the 50naira note
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Olutayojr: 8:16pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
Are you African, if no I will understand but if yes am speechless

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by ElsonMorali: 8:20pm On Mar 13, 2017
Olutayojr:

Are you African, if no I will understand but if yes am speechless

The guy has a very low self esteem. Obviously. He needs a shrink no doubt.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by ElsonMorali: 8:22pm On Mar 13, 2017
EazyMoh:

You are a disgrace to your teachers.

Chinonsodike2 has real, I mean very real personality issues. Just check his previous posts. He despises himself which is So sad.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by soderican(m): 8:22pm On Mar 13, 2017
Damn ur left yansh...olodo
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by ElsonMorali: 8:23pm On Mar 13, 2017
lustychima:


Their picture will appear on condom leaflet grin


Lady kwali is a woman of substance, learnt about her abt 13 yrs ago in my fine art class

grin grin grin grin
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by tochivitus(m): 8:28pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.

I bet your one of those naive and myopic 2000 kids that knows nothing about legacy, and stories and heritage of ya father land, and I bet u don't even know the history of ya village, it's a pity because this woman died at a very old age she was a legend and ur here calling her, loser and u ain't up to 25yrs old, I pity you, "he that dispises an elderly and refuse to acknowledge them ain't ready and don't wanna live long.
be guided kido.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by naturefellow(m): 8:32pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
fact is she made history just as the same Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci you seem so fond of. And who made mention of celebration here...?
You're cussing like one who has acclaims to his name already undecided
Post your full names and let's see what Google coughs up. Twa-t!

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by koolaid87: 8:57pm On Mar 13, 2017
I only know Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by jboycrb(m): 9:00pm On Mar 13, 2017
Nice one OP! I will goan and keep a #20 note for my unborn kids.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by roselynbas(f): 9:21pm On Mar 13, 2017
QuietHammer:
Not like these ladies we have to put up with nowadays

nor the boys posing as men.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by acc001(f): 9:25pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
R u high on osogbo weed?

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by SmartMugu: 9:37pm On Mar 13, 2017
So Nigerian pot-makers were recognized back in the days, how come none of today's Economists, Accountants, Engineers, Programmers, Doctors, Lawyers, Sociologists, Geologists, Journalists and so on are wasting away, unrecognized.

Something ain't right. Things have indeed changed 360 degrees.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by acc001(f): 9:42pm On Mar 13, 2017
SmartMugu:
So Nigerian pot-makers were recognized back in the days, how come none of today's Economists, Accountants, Engineers, Programmers, Doctors, Lawyers, Sociologists, Geologists, Journalists and so on are wasting away, unrecognized.

Something ain't right. Things have indeed changed 360 degrees.
Hmmmm...

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Nobody: 9:51pm On Mar 13, 2017
VastfinderBlog:


Ladi Kwali is the first woman on the Nigerian naira note, the N20 note to be precise.

1. Lady Kwali was born in the village of Kwali in 1925, the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was an indigenous female tradition.

2. Her pots were noted for their beauty of form and decoration, and she was recognized regionally as a gifted and eminent potter.

3. Several were acquired by the Emir of Abuja, Alhaji Suleiman Barau, in whose home they were seen by Michael Cardew in 1950.

4. She learned to make pottery as a child by her aunt using the traditional method of coiling.

5. She is the only Nigerian woman to be featured on a currency note - 20 naira.

6. She left an indelible legacy of her numerous works and a school of ‘students’ who inadvertently, picked up from where she stopped at the prestigious Abuja Pottery Training School center.

7. She died on August 12, 1984.8. A sculpture of her is being made by Ambrose Diala.

9. A road in Abuja has been named after her, named Ladi Kwali road.

10. Kwali was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1962.

11. In 1980, the Nigerian Government (from the Cabinet Office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) invested on her with the insignia of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM), the highest national honour for academic achievement.

12. The Sheraton Hotel houses the Ladi Kwali Convention Center, one of the largest conference facilities in Abuja with 10 meeting rooms and four ballrooms.

13. In 1977, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

14. Ladi Kwali's pots were featured in international exhibitions of Abuja pottery in 1958, 1959, and 1962, organized by Cardew.

15. In 1961, Kwali gave demonstrations at the Royal College, Farnham, and Wenford Bridge in Great Britain. She also gave demonstrations in France and Germany over this period.

Source: http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/03/15-facts-about-ladi-kwali-pottery-woman.html

lalasticlala, Mynd44, Seun, ijebabe,
The moral of the story is...whatever the legitimate thing you found yourself in, be unique and passionate about it. This woman made beautiful kettle and jug with clay. See those pots as if they were machine-made...so precise. It's high time our youths began to note this... the saying that, one can become rich or recognisable only by education is an illusion. Education will only cause you to do things in an outstanding, unique and professional way...it's not the road to riches....rather, passion is. My friend opened a fashion outfit after her first degree in the UK a few years ago. She operates from home,with only on a small desk and a piece of laptop with Internet connectivity. She collates orders from ladies who live in the diaspora via her fashion website she opened with just 300 pounds. She sends clothe designs and measurement to her tailors in lagos, who would sew and despatch the clothes to the part of the world where such clothes/dresses were requested. What she makes monthly, only a senior manager at a leading oil company can make that and her client base keeps growing cos she has good tailors back home who make the dresses after orders are collected. Clients must pay in advance before orders can be processed. She has various designs on her websites where customers choose from. So amazing and that's what education can do. Her passion for fashion made her...and not her BSC degree obtained from a British university . Learn to do something now. You've got all it takes to be great and successful . White collar jobs are now scarce to find the world over.

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Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by Graccccccccy(f): 10:01pm On Mar 13, 2017
ademoladeji:
I had to look for a 20 naira note to make sure she's actually there.


What an educating piece
In Jennifer's voice... doubting thomasing person
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by broswilli: 10:47pm On Mar 13, 2017
If it were today nobody would have noticed her. Today's Nigeria doesn't care about such things.
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by davss02(m): 10:54pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
dimwit
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by borntoR35(m): 11:03pm On Mar 13, 2017
ChinonsoDike2:
Who cares?! She's no Michelangelo. She's no Leonardo da Vinci . Europe had beautiful sculptures in the 16th century! AfriCAN'Ts are too busy celebrating a woman that could only make pots in the 1980s. Damn you, losers.
to me you ain't suppose to be saying this, what have you done to your own generation. Do you how those things was cherished then, you are here making noise. come out with your impact in this generation of ours. don't be offended
Re: 15 Facts About Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman On N20 Note by ademoladeji(m): 12:09am On Mar 14, 2017
Graccccccccy:
In Jennifer's voice... doubting thomasing person

Aproko

lol

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