Statue of Elizabeth II, Lagos

Wani sassaken tagulla ne na Elizabeth II da wani ɗan Najeriya Ben Enwonwu yayi Sarauniyar ce ta ba da izini a ziyararta zuwa Najeriya a  shekarar 1956, kuma ta zauna don Enwonwu a Landan a shekarar 1957. The over life-sized statue depicts the Queen seated with her hands in her lap.

## Tarihi da halitta
Shawarar wannan sassaka ta samo asali ne daga Enwonwu wanda ya tuntuɓi Alan Lennox-Boyd, Sakataren Gwamnati na Gwamnatin Birtaniya.  Enwonwu ya yi nufin wannan yanki ne don tunawa da ziyarar Elizabeth a Najeriya a cikin watan Janairu da Fabrairu 1956. An yi nufin cewa mutum-mutumin da aka kammala zai zauna a Majalisar Wakilai ta Najeriya kafin samun 'yancin kai na Tarayyar Najeriya da kuma kawo ƙarshen mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya a shekarar 1960. Tarayyar Najeriya ta kasance mai kare hakkin mallaka a ƙarƙashin mulkin Birtaniya tun a shekarar 1954.  Bayan da 6 ga watan Nuwamba ta rubuta cewa *[[West African Review|Afrika ta Yamma]]* ta rubuta a watan Nuwamba. "ya kafa alamar sarauta a kan shahararren mashahurin mai fasaha a yammacin Afirka". 

An gudanar da zaman farko a fadar Buckingham a watan Maris na shekarar 1957. An kirkiro wani ɗakin kallo ga Enwonwu a fadar; zai shafe sa'a guda yana zane-zane da zane-zane da yumbu a cikin ɗakin studio a kullum. Daga baya Enwonwu ya yi aiki a ɗakin studio mallakar Sculptor a Ordinary for Scotland, William Reid Dick, a Maida Vale a yammacin London saboda girman sassaken. Elizabeth ta zauna a gaban Enwonwu sau 12; An gudanar da zama takwas a fadar da kuma huɗu a ɗakin studio na Maida Vale na Reid-Dick.  

Enwonwu ya kirkiro zane-zane na farko na Sarauniya a cikin launin ruwa; yana nuna mata a gaba da ɗaukar bayananta daban-daban. Enwonwu ya kuma ƙirƙiri guntun Elizabeth don yin amfani da matsayin sikeli don taimakawa haɓaka matsayinta na ƙarshe da kuma taimakawa tare da nuna kayan kwalliyarta. An jefa shi cikin tagulla ta Giulio Galicie a London; An jefa sigar girman rayuwa ta biyu a cikin resin epoxy kuma shine wanda aka nuna a nunin Royal Society of British Artists a London a watan Nuwamba 1957. 

Mawallafin tarihin Enwonwu, Sylvester Ogbechie, ya ji cewa ya "sake fasalin  Sarauniyar ta hanyar amfani da siffofin da aka samo daga gwaje-gwajen da ya yi a sassaka" kuma ya haifar da "haske mai ban sha'awa wanda ya haɗu da siffofi masu ban sha'awa" na Sarauniya tare da "lafiya mai ban sha'awa" na *Shugaban sa na Yarbawa* sculpture.  Ogbechie ya yi nazari sosai kan wannan sassaka ta fuskar karkatar da farar kallo, da kuma hasashen da turawan mulkin mallaka suka yi na mamaye mazaje na baƙar fata.

## liyafa
Bayan baje kolinsa a nunin baje kolin Royal Society of British Artists a shekarar 1957, *The Times* tayi sharhi cewa mutum-mutumin"... yana ba da cikakkiyar ma'anar mutuncin sarauta wanda mai yiwuwa ba zai yi tasiri sosai ba har sai an gan shi daga nesa a cikin yanayin jama'a wanda aka ba shi izini. karin haƙiƙanin kai na al'ada amma yana jadada a cikin wannan da sauran mahimman bayanai, cikakkun bayanai na adadi, ji na takurawa da rashin kuzari".  BBC ta yi hira da Enwonwu a wurin baje kolin kuma an watsa rahoton labarai game da shi da kuma sassaken a ranar 11 ga watan Nuwamba.  Sarauniyar ta halarci baje kolin a matsayin majibincinta kuma Enwonwu ya zagaya da ita wajen baje kolin. 

An kaddamar da wannan sassaken ne a ranar 5 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 1959 kafin a fara zama na biyar na majalisar wakilan Najeriya a Legas.  Gwamna Janar na Najeriya James Wilson Robertson ya aike da sako ga Sarauniyar inda ya bayyana cewa mutum-mutumin "...zai kasance a ko da yaushe ya zama abin tunatarwa game da bukukuwan farin ciki shekaru uku da suka wuce lokacin da Mai Martaba da Duke na Edinburgh suka karrama majalisar ta wurin halartarku da kuma jawabin alherin mai martaba". Sarauniyar ta mayar da martani a cikin wani sako da ta aike inda ta ce "Ni ma zan daɗe da tunawa da irin abin tunawa da ziyarar da na kai majalisar shekaru uku da suka wuce. Ina miƙa sakon fatan alheri ga ɗaukacin 'yan majalisar yayin da suke shiga wani zama tare da yin amfani da wannan dama wajen bayyana kwarin gwiwata na cewa al'adar dimokuraɗiyyar majalisar dokoki, wadda 'yan Najeriya suka yi saurin karɓewa da bunƙasa, za a ci gaba da kasancewa a lokacin da Najeriya ta zama mamba mai cin gashin kanta a cikin ƙungiyar Commonwealth". 

Daga baya Sarauniyar ta umurci Enwonwu da ya kirkiro wani bugu na babban ɗanta, Yarima Charles.  Enwonwu ya ba ta ƙaramin hotonsa a  ita. 

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