Chike Aniakor

**Chike C. Aniakor** (bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni  1939) o nyɛla Nigeria nucheeni tuun tumdi ŋun yiini yila, ka tiri taarihi,  sasabira, yɛltɔɣataɣimalisi tiri ŋun yɛri jendiri siyaasa polo, adiini nim yɛltɔɣa din jendiri  Igbo nim zuliya n-ti pahi  Nigerian Civil War. 

## O pilli taarihi
Chike Cyril Aniakor nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so  Abatete, Anambra State din be  Eastern Nigeria silimiingoli August bɛɣu pishi ni yini dali , yuuni 1939. O ma daa nyɛla ŋun tumdi nucheeni tuma din yuli nyɛ Uli ; nucheeni tuma din jendiri Igbo nim kaya ni taada. O bilim ni o ni niŋ ningbuna ni  Igbo nim kaya ni taada nyɛla din che ka o bɔhim bɛ waa, nucheeni tuma, tingbana malibu n-ti pahi bɛ binyɛra niɣimbu .

## Selected exhibitions

### Group exhibitions

* "African Artists in America: An Exhibition of Work by 20 African Artists Living in America," African American Institute, New York, USA, 1977
* "The Nsukka School: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics," Contemporary Arts Gallery, Rivers State Council for Arts & Culture, Port Harcourt, February 1–28, 1979
* "Drawings, Prints and Watercolours: Okike Tenth Anniversary," University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1982
* "Man in Focus," National Theatre, Lagos, December 20, 1985 – January 10, 1986
* "6 New Painters from Nsukka", British Council, Enugu, Nigeria 1996
* "Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group", National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1997 – April 26, 1998
* Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa's Arts", National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 4, 2017 – June 5, 2019
* "Encounters with the Contemporary", National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 7, 2001 – January 6, 2002
* "Layers", Labanque Béthune, Béthune, France, January 2020

### Solo exhibitions

* "The Visions of My Ikenga," National Museum, Lagos, December 20–25, 1972
* Gluck Gallery and Eigemmen Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA,1974
* "Drawings and Paintings," Southern University in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1978
* "Images of the Mind," Rivers State Council for Arts & Culture, Port Harcourt, 1979
* The Pan African University, Victoria Island, 2006

## Collections
Aniakor tuma nim nyɛla din gbubi collection nim din nyɛ; Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art (Washington, D.C.), Asele Institute (Nimo, Anambra, Nigeria), Didi Museum (Lagos, Nigeria), Federal Ministry of Information, Cultural Division, (Lagos, Nigeria), Imago Mundi Collection (Treviso, Italy), Iwalewa House (Bayreuth, Germany), National Gallery of Art (Lagos, Nigeria), Museum fur Volkerkunde (Frankfurt, Germany), University of Nigeria, Ana Gallery, Nsukka (Enugu State, Nigeria), The Weltkulturen Museum (Frankfurt, Germany)

## O kpaŋmaŋ pina mini nintiɣibo

* First prize painting, First National Union of Nigerian Students Cultural Festival, University of Ibadan, 1964
* Postgraduate scholarship in art history, British Council, Lagos, 1972
* Rockefeller Award, 1984

## Bibliography

### O buku sabira

* *Clay Sculpture and Mbari Houses* (With Herbert M. Cole)
* *The Visions of My Ikenga: Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Paintings at the National Museum Onikan, Lagos* (With Uche Okeke) (1972)
* *Igbo Architecture: A Study of Forms, Functions and Typology* (1979)
* T*he Masquerade in Nigerian History and Culture - Chapter 13: Igbo Arts as an Environment: Analysis of Mask Headdresses (176-198)* (1980)
* *Igbo Architecture* (1982)
* *Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos* (With Chinua Achebe) (1984)
* *Igbo Household Objects: Their Conceptual and Formal Dynamics in Space* (1988)
* *Ojadili: The Clever Wrestler* (1992)
* *Cultural Objects as History and National Patrimony: A Moral Challenge* (1995)
* *The Market Paradigm and Igbo Notions of Spirit Embodiment: Conceptual Considerations* (1996)
* *Fang* (1998)
* *Problems, Issues and Challenges in Igbo Masking Studies* (1999)
* *Crossroads: Africa in the twilight: Afrika Heritage* (2000)
* *Pan-African Circle of Artists* (with PACA Biennale and C. Krydz Ikwuemesi) (2000)
* *Reflective Essays on Art & Art History* (2005)

### O Article sabira

* *Structuralism in Ikenga: An Ethnoaesthetic Approach.* Journal of African Studies (1973)
* *The Broad Synthesis of African Arts: A Survey of Their Significant Aspects* (1976)
* *House Types and Decorations in Southern Nigeria.* Presence Africaine (Paris) (1978)
* *The Omabe Cult and Masking Tradition.* Nsukka Environment (1978)
* *The Living Culture of Nigeria.* Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies (1977)
* *House Types and Decoration in Southern Nigeria.* Presence Africaine (1978)
* *The Omabe Festival.* Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) (1978)
* *The Igbo Ijele Mask.* African Arts Los Angeles 11(4) (1978)
* *Contemporary Nigerian Artists and Their Traditions.* Black Art New York (1980)
* *Space Concepts in the Architectural Planning of an Igbo Village.* Nigeria Magazine (1980)
* *Igbo Aesthetics: An Introduction.* Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) (1982)
* *Ikenga Arts and Igbo Cosmos* (1984)
* *The Concept of Symbolism of the Centre in African Architecture.* Readings in African Humanities Traditional and Modern Cultures (1985)
* *Igbo Art as an Environment: The Example of Mask Headdresses.* Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) (1985)
* *The State of Igbo Art Studies*. Nigeria Magazine (1986)
* *Igbo Life, Worldview, And Cosmography.* Genève-Afrique 26 (1) (1988)
* *Igbo Plastic and Decorative Arts.* Nsukka Journal of Humanities (1988)
* *El Anatsui: Visual Incantations.* Art Papers Atlanta (1990)
* *Cultural Objects as History and National Patrimony: A Moral Challenge.* Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law) (1995)
* *Visual Arts: Critical Appraisal of Cultural Policy for Nigeria.* Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25 (1990)
* *Material Culture & Ethnography in Ibgoland and Environs: Looking Beyond Igbo-Ukwu Bronze Objects (A Reappraisal of Techniques, Style and Iconography).* West African journal of archaeology (1993)
* *"Do All Cultural Roads Lead to Benin?" The Missing Factor in Benin and Related Art Studies. A Conceptual View.* Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde (1997)
* Harmful Cultural Practices in the Context of the Right to *Health.* Institute of African Studies 1(4) (2009)
* *Indigenous Knowledge and Global Changes in Africa: History, Concepts, and Logic.* International conference on Indigenous Knowledge in Africa (2011)

### O yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi nima

* *"An Arrow Flight"*
* *"Descent into the Abyss"*
* *"Homage"*
* *"In Silence I Wait"*
* *"My Love"*
* *"My Surrogate"*
* *"Mummy"*
* *"Only a Thought"*
* *"Sunset"*
* *"The Maiden Spirit"*
* *"These Voices Again!"*

## Kundivihira

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* Akinwumi Adesokan. (2023). *Everything Is Sampled* (p.&nbsp;396). Everything Is Sampled. 
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* Aniakor, Chike Cyril., Okeke, Uche. *The Visions of My Ikenga: Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Paintings at the National Museum Onikan, Lagos, 28th-31st December 1972.* Nigeria: Pamco (Nig) Limited, 1972.
* Anthonia Chinyere Ogbonaya. (1984). *Chinua Achebe and the Igbo World View* (p.&nbsp;422). University of Wisconsin—Madison.
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* C. Krydz Ikwuemesi, & Emeka Agbayi. (2005). *The Rediscovery of Tradition* (p.&nbsp;216). The Rediscovery of Tradition. 
* Chike Cyril Aniakor, & C. Krydz Ikwuemesi. (2000). *Afrika Heritage.* 
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* French Centre. *Exhibition: African Art: Ota Okocha Ota, Chris Afuba, Chike C. Aniakor.* French Centre, 1985.
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* Images of the mind: Chike C. Aniakor; an exhibition of drawings and oil paintings at the Rivers State Arts Council Port Harcourt, Rivers State, nov. 3 - nov. 23, 1979.
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* Okeke, U., & Chike Dike, P. (2006). *Symposium on Nigerian Art.* National Gallery of Art. 
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