Princess Elizabeth Olowu

**Gimbiya Elizabeth Olowu** (An haife ta 8 Agustan shekarar 1945) yar asalin kasar Nijeriya ce kuma diyar Oba Akenzua II, wanda ya kasance shugaban mutanen Edo a cikin garin da ake kira Benin City, a yanzu. Olowu tana aiki ne da tagulla, kayan gargajiya ga mutanenta (duba Benin Bronzes ), kuma an san ta da mace ta farko da ta kuma fara yin tagulla a Nijeriya. Siffofin ta na da ƙawancen gargajiya da kuma sabon yanayin zamani da na mata.  Ita ce kanwar DJ P Tee Money (Thompson Iyamu), kuma 'yarta ita ce mai fasaha Peju Layiwola .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Yayinda take yarinya, Olowu tayi aiki tare da mahaifiyarta, suna koyon sassaka abubuwa da suka danganci rayuwar gidan sarauta da kuma abubuwan al'ada. Mahaifinta ya ƙarfafa mata ilimi da sha'awar zane-zane duk da camfe-camfen da ake yi na cikin gida ya hana mata shiga cikin tushen tagulla.  Olowu ta halarci kwalejin Holy Child, inda ta fara son karatu. Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Makarantar Kimiyya ta Gaggawa ta Tarayya inda ta karanci ilimin tsirrai, ilmin sunadarai, da kuma ilmin dabbobi, wanda daga baya ta koyar a makarantar nahawun yan matan Anglican. Tana da shekaru 18 ta auri ƙawarta ta makarantar sakandare, Babatunde Olowu, kuma ta haifi ɗanta na fari a 1964. A shekarar 1966 ta ci gaba da karatunta ta hanyar yin rijista a Jami'ar Nijeriya, amma duk da haka an shawo kanta ta bar makarantar bayan ta kammala shekarar farko.

Ta ci gaba da koyarwa sau daya a gida kuma tana shirya shirye-shiryen zane-zane koyaushe ga dalibanta mata, wanda a karshe ya ja hankalin daraktan sashen kere kere na Jami’ar Benin, wanda ya gayyace ta shiga shirin Fasaha na Fasaha. A 1979 ta kammala karatun digiri na farko na Fine Arts, kuma a shekara ta 1981 ta fara aiki kan karatunta na karatun gaba da digiri, wanda ya hada da kasidarta kan "Bincike a kan Benin Cire Perdue Casting Technique." Wannan nasarar ta sanya ta zama mace ta farko a jami'ar da ta sami Jagora na Fine Arts kuma 'yar Najeriya ta farko da ta yi tagulla.  A shekarar 1985 ta sami lambar yabo ta jihar Bendel ta fannin zane-zane da al'adu daga baya kungiyar matasa mata ta Katolika ta karrama ta saboda gudummawar da ta bayar wajen daga darajar mata a kasarta. Yanzu haka tana ci gaba da aiki a jami'ar Benin inda take kula da nata ma'adanin na tagulla. 

## Ayyuka

A matsayinta na mai fasaha mace, babban burin Elizabeth Olowu shi ne "yantar da mata daga kangin maza, rashi da tabo".  A cikin 1979 ta sassaka wani sassaka sassarfa na yarinya wanda ke zaune a tebur yayin da take cikin littafi. Wannan zane-zane na ɗayan na farko daga al'adunta wanda ke nuna mace mace ɗaya. Shekarar 1983 ita ma shekara ce mai muhimmanci a rayuwarta. Ta bincika, cikin zurfin, jigogi na iko ta fuskoki daban-daban na motsin rai. Wasu fitattun zane-zane daga wannan shekara sun hada da *Oba* da *Christ Bearing theins of Humanity* . Oba tana nuna mahaifinta, wanda ya kasance mai taimakawa wajen inganta rayuwarta da iliminta. Mutum-mutumi ya zama na mutum ne ta hanyar ɗaukar zanan hannunta a matsayin zane na zane. *Kiristi mai ɗauke da Zunubban isan Adam* yana da tsayi ƙafa bakwai kuma ya nuna hoton geometric ɗin Kristi wanda aka zana a ƙarƙashin nauyin gicciye.

## Manazarta

## Kara karantawa

* LaDuke, Betty (1992). Women Artists: Multi-Cultural Visions. Red Sea Press. pp. 21–32.
* Blandy, Douglas (1991). Pluralistic Approaches to Art Criticism. Popular Press. ISBN 9780879725433.
* LaDuke, Betty (November 1988). "Nigeria: Princess Elizabeth Olowu, Zero Hour". Art Education. 41 (6): 33.
* Falola, Toyin (2012). Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313385445.