Nigerian artist, Kehinde Wiley who was picked by former President Barack Obama to paint his portrait, was last Thursday honoured with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal by Harvard University.

Florence Ladd, Kenneth Chenault, Shirley Ann Jackson, Pamela Joyner, Bryan Stevenson, Dave Chappelle, and Colin Kaepernick, were also honored over their good works in their different careers. Same award was conferred on Muhammad Ali in 2015 and Maya Angelou in 2014. The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is Harvard’s highest honour in the field of African and African American studies.

Recall also that two months after artist Kehinde Wiley’s official portraits of former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama’s debuted at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Kehinde Wiley earned a spot as one of Time’s Most Influential People of 2018.

“Historically, portraiture has always been about saying yes to things that we want to celebrate, but I think also the commissioned portrait has often times been about a society saying, ‘Who are the people we collectively want to honor?’ and particularly with the presidential portrait, this is the highest aspect of that tradition,” Wiley told Time in a recent interview. “It’s been — I can’t tell you — an extraordinary honor to be able to participate in that.”

This year, the Obamas made history not only as the country’s first African-American presidential couple featured in the gallery but also for selecting the first African-American painters to receive a presidential portrait commission from the museum.

Source: https://www.gistkit.com/naija-news/harvard-university-honors-kehinde-wiley-who-painted-obama/

FTC

I pray for us all...God will honor us this week, we shall not be put to shame.

Wow!

That's a good one but your president is busy here banning the dead from traveling

Is this true?

Nice one. But can we see the painting?

Someone refresh us with the painting make e no be like say we just de support blindly

Why are Nigerians outside Nigeria doing fine and making Nigeria proud than the ones at home. Trully this country is killing alot of potentials.

Good one

Really nice



Sweet Monday morning deal

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Awon afonjas awon wayres

greater heights bro

Congrats to him..


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The best honour is to give him a visa to live and continue his works over there.

Great feet hath thou

Everything Obama is historical.

Yoruba amaka... our brother from the east amala

Igbo amaka

great

omusiliyu:
Yoruba amaka... our brother from the east amala

Don't be tribalistic bro. Let's leave tribalism for the East people...... Oya lemme you shout Igbo amaka

This is making FP for the second time in the span of 7 days. Congrats to the winner though. Art is never a science. It takes talent, time and perseverence to accomplish. Wishing Kehinde well in his future artistic endeavours.

Many have painted President Ɓuhari without anƴ honour from our universities....why?

proudly Yoruba igbo Amola stay clear

Yoruba amaka Igbo amala

kehinde1588:

Don't be tribalistic bro. Let's leave tribalism for the East people...... Oya lemme you shout Igbo amaka

Are you the Kehinde in the post?

kennosklint:
Awon afonjas awon wayres

You definitely need psychiatric help

omusiliyu:


Are you the Kehinde in the post?

funny you.

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opalu:
Is this true?

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Am I the only one noticing repeated threads making front page