Nike Davies-Okundaye

Nike Davies-Okundaye haihuwa(an haife ta a shekarar 1951), kuma an santa da

i datwin seven seven akwharshen turanci, kuma an santa da suna ai daOlaniyie Olan ta kasan ce yar Najeriya ce mai sarrafa yadi da shadda irin na al'ada.https://africa.si.edu/2019/06/opening-eventsi-am-contemporary-women-artists-of-africa/

 Farkon rayuwa 
Nike Okundaye an haife tane a shekarar 1951 a wani gari mai suna Ogidi, dake Jihar Kogi,https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780615220833 a Arewa ta tsakiyar Nijeriya,  kuma ta girma ne a tsakanin aikin gargajiya na saƙar gargajiya da rini kamar yadda ake yi a garinsu. Iyayenta da kakanninta tsofaffin mawaƙa ne da kuma harama da sana'ar, waɗanda suka ƙware a ɓangaren sakar zane, yin adire, rini da fatar indigo.  Ta yi rayuwarta ta farko ne a Osogbo,http://www.gafraart.com/artists/32-nike-davies-okundaye-&-tola-wewe/overview/ Yammacin Nijeriya, jihar Osun ta zamani  . An kuma san Osogbo a matsayin babbar cibiyar fasaha da al'adu a Najeriya. Ta girma a Osogbo, yarinyar Nike ta kasance maiyin sana'ar rini da aikin Adire wanda ya mamaye horonta na yau da kullun.https://www.gafraart.com/artists/56-nike-davies-okundaye/overview/ 

 Aikin ta 
A cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, tayi  bita kafofin yaɗa labarai akan masaƙu na gargajiya na Najeriya ga masu sauraro a Amurka da Turai. Ta baje kolin ta na farko ne a Cibiyar Goethe, Lagos a shekarar 1968.  Ita ce wacce ta kafa,  kuma darektan cibiyoyin fasaha guda huɗu waɗanda ke ba da horo kyauta ga matasa masu fasaha sama da 150 a cikin fannin gani, kiɗe-kiɗe da zane-zane, waɗanda suka haɗa da zane-zane sama da 7,000.Peffer, John (2003). "The Diaspora as Object," in Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora. New York, NY: Museu g an shym for African Art. p. 32. Gillow, John (2001). Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 16–17. "Nigeria's 'Mama Nike' empowers women through art"
Ganin cewa hanyoyin gargajiya na saƙa da rini da suka samo asali tun iyaye da kankanni sun fara raguwa a Najeriya, Davies-Okundaye ta fara ƙaddamar da gidajniyar farfado da wannan ɓangaren na al'adun Najeriya, a bagarorin gina cibiyoyin zane-zane da ke ba da kwasa-kwasan kyauta ga matasa 'yan Nijeriya don koyon fasahohin gargajiya da kere kere. . Kamar yadda masanin tarihin John Peffer ya ce,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFqBeEUCpw “Wani abu da yawancin sababbin masu fasahar Afirka da ke ƙasashen waje suk yi shine yada wadannan fasahar ta gargajiya, hakan yasa suka yi nasara a fagen fasaha - shi ne cewa ayyukansu na sukar nauyin da ke wuyan wakilci wanda kuma shi ne yanayin ganuwarsu. "  A ganinta fasahar gargajiya ta Adire Eleko tana yiwuwa ne kawai saboda takamaiman al'adun Najeriya na yada ilimin tsare tsare. A wata hira ta bidiyo da Nubia Africa ta wallafa, Okundaye ya ce "makaranta ba za ta iya koyar da abin da [ɗaliban fasaha] suka riga suka sani ba."  A cewar wata hira da aka yi da CNBC a Afirka, ta horar da matasa sama da 3000 a Najeriya kyauta kuma tana ci gaba da taimakawa ta hanyar tallafawa talakawa da yawa, domin kafa kananan sana’o’in da kuma bita a bangarorin sana'o'in Najeriya.
Davies-Okundaye na kokarin inganta rayuwar mata marasa galihu a Najeriya ta hanyar fasaha. Tana karantar da dabarun sanya dafen zane-zane (Adire) ga matan karkara a taron bita da ke kudu maso yammacin Najeriya. Tana fatan farfado da tsohuwar al’ada da rayuwar wadannan mata.  Adire - abin da aka ɗaura kuma aka rina,  asalin shi yana yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Nijeriya ne, Wani lokaci ana kiran rinin da mai ɗanɗano Adire Eleko. "Adire" yana nufin feshin indigo, kuma 'Eleko' yana nufin dafaffen rogo, lemun tsami, da alum tsayayya da dabarar da aka yi amfani da ita don ƙirƙirar alamu.  Akwai karfi mai karfi na kiyaye girke-girke na rini da hanyoyin asirce daga bare masu neman sani.  Davies-Okundaye ta zaɓi ci gaba da yin nuni da salon Adire a cikin zane-zane saboda Adire ƙirar mata ce, kuma mahaifiyarsa ce ta koya mata. Abubuwan da aka tsara na Adire sun kasance al'ada bisa ga al'ada daga uwa zuwa diya, kuma zane-zanen kansu kusan basu canza ba cikin tsari a tsawon lokaci. 
Davies-Okundaye ta kasance a gidan talabijin na CNN na "Muryoyin Afirka" wanda ke ba da labarin game da manyan mutane na Afirka, suna bincikar rayuwarsu da sha'awar su.  Haka kuma, zanen na Nike har abada an nuna shi a Gidan Tarihi na Smithsonian kamar na shekarar 2012, kuma aikinta kuma wani ɓangare ne na tarin Taskar Hotunan Fasaha ta Afirka da British Library, a London. Ta riqe da Masarautu lakabi na Yeye Oba na Ogidi-Ijumu da Yeye Tasase na garin Oshogbo .Vaz, Kim Marie (1995). The Women with the Artistic Brush. M. E. Sharpe. p. 84. 
Carr, Ritka; Davies-Okundaye, Nike (2001). Beyond Indigo: Adire Eleko Squares, Patters & Meanings. Lagos, Nigeria: Sabo-Yaba. Vaz, Kim Marie (1995). The Women with the Artistic Brush. M. E. Sharpe. p. 84.
Nike Okundaye an sanya ta a cikin wasan kwaikwayon na shekarar 2019 Na Am… Matan Zamani na Afirka a Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art a Washington, D C.Carr, Ritka; Davies-Okundaye, Nike (2001). Beyond Indigo: Adire Eleko Squares, Patters & Meanings. Lagos, Nigeria: Sabo-Yaba.
Vaz, Kim Marie (1995). The Women with the Artistic Brush. M. E. Sharpe. p. 84  building relationship with Africa through art". vanguardngr.com. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
"Opening events I Am . . . Contemporary Women Artists of Africa". Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
"Rhodes University honours five of Africa's best"

 Rayuwar ta 
Ta taɓa yin aure ga artistan wasan fasaha na Nijeriya Twins Bakwai Bakwai, amma wannan auren ya ƙare da saki. Danta Olabayo Olaniyi, Kwalejin Santa Fe ya kammala karatu, shi ma mai fasaha ne. Davies-Okundaye yana da ɗalibai sama da 150 a Turai da Amurka. Ita ma mai taimakon jama’a ce.Bourgatti, Jean M.; Vaz, Kim Marie (1997). "The Woman with the Artistic Brush". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30 (1): 216–218. doi:10.2307/221593. JSTOR 221593. Reviews the book The Woman with the Artistic Brush: A Life History of Yoruba Batik Artist Nike Okundaye, by Kim Marie Vaz

 Bugawa a jarida 
Kim Marie Vaz ce ta rubuta wani littafi game da Nike, The Woman with the Art Brush: A Life History of Yoruba Batik Artist Nike Okundaye .Bourgatti, Jean M.; Vaz, Kim Marie (1997). "The Woman with the Artistic Brush". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30 (1): 216–218. doi:10.2307/221593. JSTOR 221593. Reviews the book The Woman with the Artistic Brush: A Life History of Yoruba Batik Artist Nike Okundaye, by Kim Marie Vaz.
Bourgatti, Jean M.; Vaz, Kim Marie (1997). "The Woman with the Artistic Brush". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 30 (1): 216–218. doi:10.2307/221593. JSTOR 221593. Reviews the book The Woman with the Artistic Brush: A Life History of Yoruba Batik Artist Nike Okundaye, by Kim Marie Vaz

 Lamban girma 
A  shekarar 2019, Jami'ar Rhodes da ke garin Grahamstown ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta baiwa Davies-Okundaye digirin digirgir a fannin fasaha mai kyau (DFA, hc).https://www.grocotts.co.za/2019/03/07/rhodes-university-honours-five-of-africas-best/ "Nike Davies-Okundaye - BIOGRAPHY|Adire". leurr. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2022. ,"Chief Oyenike Monica Davies-Okundaye – DAWN Commission", Nike Davies-Okundaye". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
"Nike Centre for Art and Culture". www.africancraft.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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