Redefinition & Decolonization in Nigerian Museum Practice

she's and so right she's with us now um now the panelists are called a man who is here with us uh before I introduce those online I'll call is the principal architect at sisa which is a design studio business Nottingham possesses an appetite for Innovative design Innovative design Solutions and an idealistic approach to architecture he's always looking to push the boundaries of architectural interaction and perception show has worked abroad in in good company and um has been published is now becoming known as The Man Behind the John Randall Center in onico which is almost finished um or almost ready to open um and um it's a building that will in time become a prominent one to most of us in Lagos who who um who I who are festive for knowledge of Lagos and the Europa culture as well because it's really not a Lagos thing it's the Europa it's a center for Yoruba culture and Heritage on the panel we also have already Sue who is the director of The Pavilion at the Edo Museum of West African art this is a museum in the making and has become sort of um in popular discussion uh you know with the return of artifacts to the the adult people the beneath people in particular um memories of the expedition in 1897 when Benin was sacked by the colonialists and lots of stuff taken or as they say looted um also she she studied architecture originally at the University of Cambridge before a masters in London at the University College in London where she did Urban Development practice then we have ETA hariman Aida who's another University College London that makes us like how many yeah I can see we're very many here today sorry I had to plug that um so she studied anthropology at UCL and she manages Creative Flair but for us most importantly today she's a member of The Advisory Board of the Nana living history museum which will be at the shakiri um and will be one of our new museums coming up soon just like a MOA where we have already so and of course here with John Randall Center