{"id":9121,"date":"2017-01-27T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9121"},"modified":"2017-06-06T09:14:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T08:14:33","slug":"oguibe-olu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oguibe-olu\/","title":{"rendered":"OGUIBE, Olu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., painter; born October 14, 1964, Aba, Abia State. Education: University of Nigeria Nsukka, 1986, 1987-89; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1989. Career: Appointed Lecturer, Drawing and Painting, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, 1986-87; Part-time lecturer, Art History, College of Education, Eha-Amufu, 1988; Co-editor, Anthill Annual, Nsukka, 1988-89; assistant Art Editor, Okike, Nsukka, 1989. Exhibitions\/Creative Work: Unbind Me, Didi Museum, Lagos, 1988; Statements; Recent Art and Poetry, Syrian Club, Lagos, 1989; The Emperor and the Poet: Watercolours and Poetry, Iwalewa- Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1990.<br \/>\nAwards \/ Honours: winner, Federal Merit Award for High Academic Standing, 1982-86; National Council for Arts and Culture Prize, 1986; Bachelor of Arts First Class, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nuskka, 1986; Departmental and Faculty Prizes for Best Art Student, University of Nigeria, 1986; Indira Ghandhi Memorial Prize, 1986; University Prize for Best Graduate, University of Nigeria, 1986; Afro-Caribbean Young Black Writers Award, 1989; Foreign and Common wealth Office Award of the British Government, 1989.<br \/>\nPublications: several articles in national and international journals. Official Address: 16, Overhill Road, east Dulwich, London SE22 OPH, England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9121","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9121","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9121"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}