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

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Great woman

I can bet 70% of Nigerian youths do not abt kw this.
I'm guilty .
Nice one OP.

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she must have been the richest woman in Africa as that time

Hmmmmmm!!! Great woman

Not again

A noble woman.

Not all these half baked ASHAWO materials we have these days

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With the way ladies now expose their breast,

Please, is the breast still a private part in a lady's body?

She was indeed a legend. Where are her kids/family members?

When gwari get sense

Greatness exemplified!

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Informative

I had to look for a 20 naira note to make sure she's actually there.


What an educating piece

Owk nxt plssss

Not like these ladies we have to put up with nowadays

Rayhandrinni:
if only she knew the 20naira note cant buy 4 pure water now

What could she have done stop making pots

Those pained guys just insulting women as if you guys are better. those who thought our fore father's were bad should meet the men of this generation
God bless your soul madam Kwali

North, South, East or West; we're all productive. Infrastructure is simply what most Africans lack. By the way, children need to learn about this in schools. History should be brought back, we have to celebrate our own because no one else will.

Thanks OP.

Look at fact number 3 again. U will see suleman. No wonder mods quickly moved this to frontpage

I now have respect for twenty naira

I won't give any begger twenty naira again

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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,

wey pishure of N20 note.....na N1000notes dey here

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.