{"id":8641,"date":"2017-01-24T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8641"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T01:04:25","slug":"ekpo-violetta-i","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekpo-violetta-i\/","title":{"rendered":"EKPO, Violetta I."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Museologist, Woman Leader, Director, National Commi~sion for Muse ums and Monuments; LGA: Ikot Abasi; Born: Ju\\. 21, 1947; Married to Dr. A. U. Ekpo with four children; Education: English Language Sec. School, 1960-66, Dip\\. of Graduation; Sofia State Univ ., Bulgaria, 1971 , B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc, History\/Archaeology; Career and Work History: Curator, Dept. of Antiquities, Lagos Museum, 1972-73; Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of History, Univ. of Calabar, 1976-77; Cultural! Research Officer (Principal), CRS Cultural Centre Board, Calabar, 1978-81; Principal, Assistant C hi ef and C hi ef Curator a nd Head of Station, Old Res idency Museum, Calabar, 1981 -89; National Museum Office, Uyo, I 989-present; Assistant Director, National Conunission for Museums and Mon uments, Uyo, 1990; Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Lecturer, School of Mus eo logy, Jos, 1990; Organiser, Annual &#8216;Nsa Tson g&#8217; Co mpetition of the National Museum, Uyo, 1991-present; Has Organised several exhibitions. :;eminars and conferences including Anniversary of the Women&#8217;s War, 1929, Jaja Centenary; Organised the first AKS Children Cultural Festival, Uyo, 1995; Established Muse um Kitchen, Uyo, under the sponsorship of the West African Museum Programme. Special Work Related Achievements: Responsible for the organisation of several Exhibitions; Initiated and Executed the Old Residency Muse um at Calabar, 1986; The Muse um Research Library and Archives at Na tional Museum, Calabar, 1987; The Museum Ch ild ren Cultural Playground Project; Statew ide Cultural Q uiz Competition for Secondary Schools, &#8216;Our Cul tu ral Heritage&#8217;, Cross River State, 1988; The Muse um Education Centre, Uyo; &#8216; Tban 94 &#8216;, &#8216; Iban 95 &#8216; magazine of the Federation of Akwa Ibom Women Asscns (F AJW A), 1994- 95 ; Photographic Editor, AklVa 1bom State &#8211; Land of Promise; Museum Kitchen Project, among other ac hievements; Publications: The Story of Old Calabar (Guidebook of Old Residency Museum, Calabar); Aklva Ibom State\u00b7 &#8211; The Land of Promise, a Compendium\/Contributions on Tourist Potentials; Numerous other art icles on the History, Culture, Archaeology, Architecture, Museology, Women in th e O ld CRS and present AKS; Civic and Political Activities: Mem ., Nigerwives, AKS, Nigeria, 1989presei\\&#8217;t; Secretary, Nigerian Federation. of Bus iness and Professional Women, Uyo Branch, 1990-92; Executi ve Mem., Better Life Programme, AKS, 19 87-93; Board Mem ., AKS Environnlental Protection Agency (AKSEPA), 1994-96; Mem., Board of Tnlstees, Federation of Akwa Ibom Women&#8217;s Asscn.s, Mem ., Publications Committee, 1993prese nt; Mem., UFORO Women Development Asscn. a nd Cooperative Societ y; Treasurer, Nigerian Co nservation Foundation, AKS Chapter, 1993present; Executive Mem., Museum Society of Nigeria, Calabar Branch; Awards, Recognitions: Certificate of Recognition, Rotary Club, Uyo, 1992; Certificate of Recognition, Ikot Abasi Women, Ikot Abasi, 1994; Professional Memberships: Mem. Museum Asscn. of Nigeria; Mem., Historical Society of Nigeria; Founding Mem., Archaeological Asscn. of Nigeria; Religious Affiliation: Anglican: Hobbies: Reading, Swimming, Embroidery; Mrs Ekpo has a stro ng interest in Environmental Conservation a nd Women Development. Apart from the English Language, she is fluent in the Bulgarian a nd Russian Languages; Office: National Museum, Wellington Bassey Way (End). P M B 1109, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Tel.: (OX5) 203077. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8641","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19497,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8641\/revisions\/19497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8641"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}