Adebisi Akanji

Adebisi Akanji (dem born am insyd 1930s) be a Nigerian artist as well as de Olúwo (Ògbóni chief priest) of Ilédì Lárọ̀ Ohùntótó - de main Ògbóni Ìbílẹ̀ lodge of Òṣogbo, capital of Ọ̀ṣun State, Nigeria.
 Early life and education 
Insyd ein early life he work as a bricklayer,Jo Ann Lewis (23 January 2000), "Nigeria's 'Concrete' Achievements", Special to The Washington Post, p. G01 wey he first begin dey create sculptures as part of a competition to sculpt cement animals base for traditional architectural elements top insyd Yoruba houses. 
 Career 
Akanji be best known for ein open-faced cement screens den oda sculptural work. He san dey work insyd textiles. Ein work often dey illustrate themes from Yoruba folklore. Insyd collaboration plus Susanne Wenger, he work for a decade for de Osun shrine insyd Osogbo, Nigeria, he be responsible for chaw of de shrine ein sculptural elements.
A cement sculpture by Adebisi Akanji at de entrance to de house of Susanne Wenger. 

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Category:20th-century Nigerian sculptors
Category:Yoruba artists
Category:1930s births
Category:Human
Category:Nigerian people
Category:Nigerian bricklayers
Category:21st-century Nigerian artists
Category:21st-century sculptors
Category:Male sculptors
Category:Yoruba people
Category:People wey komot Osun State

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