A man gift make a room for him...
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Many Nigerians are oblivious to the story of the woman whose picture adorns the back of 20 naira note they spend on a daily. At the back of the 20 naira note is Ladi Kwali’s picture, a celebrated potter who hailed from the northern part of Nigeria.


Ladi Kwali was born in the village of Kwali, which is located in the Gwari region of present day Abuja, where pottery was indigenous female tradition.

Kwali who grew up in a family in which womenfolk made pots for a living, learnt to make pottery as a child from her aunt.


Kwali's younger brother, Mallam Mekaniki Kyebese, said: “Even in the early years of pottery making, Ladi Kwali excelled in the crafts and her wares were often sold even before they were taken to the markets” She produced pottery pieces that were influenced by the Gbagyi tradition during her first professional years.

With the help of a famous English studio potter, Michael Cardew, Kwali came to international prominence for her talents in the 1950s. Cardew, who was appointed to the post of pottery officer in the department of commerce and industry in 1951, launched the Abuja Pottery Training Centre along with Kwali in 1952 and spent the following fifteen years teaching and learning from Nigerian potters.



Ladi Kwali is featured on back of the 20 naira
note.



Ladi Kwali at work


The audience watched as Ladi Kwali
demonstrated at Winchcombe Pottery, England,
in 1962. (Photo credit: Ceramike)



Ladi Kwali demonstrating at Winchcombe
Pottery, England, in 1962. (Photo credit:
Ceramike)





Ladi Kwali's pot. (Photo credit: Ceramike)


Kwali would later join the Abuja pottery and become its first female potter. She later became
an instructor Ladi’s pots were noted for their beauty of form and decoration. The Emir of Abuja, Alhaji Suleiman Barau acquired several pots made by
Ladi. In the palace of the Emir was where Michael Cardew saw Ladi’s work in 1950. Ladi Kwali would later become prominent after this discovery by Cardew Her pots became art objects and were also
featured in international exhibitions of Abuja pottery organised by Cardew in 1958, 1959 and 1962.

Her pottery was also displayed during Nigeria’s independence celebrations in 1960.

Kwali and Cardew toured America in 1972, and at
the Berkeley Galleries in London, her works was shown to great acclaim. Her works - glazed dishes, bowls and beakers, which she created with stylised animal sgraffito, were the works for which she was best known.
These works were a great asset in the popularity of Abuja pottery beyond the shores of Africa.






The first Nigerian woman to be on a naira note,
Ladi Kwali

Below is the list of her awards and
achievements:

- Kwali had been honoured in many ways. In
1962, she was awarded an MBE (Member of
the Order of the British Empire). In 1977,
Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria awarded her
an honorary doctoral degree.

- The Nigerian government awarded her with
highest national honour for academic
achievement, Nigerian National Order of Merit
Award.
-In 1981, she also received the national honour
of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
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- A major street in Abuja is named after her.
The street is called Ladi Kwali road.

- The Abuja Pottery was renamed the Ladi
Kwali Pottery in the early 1980s.

- Her picture adorned the back of the Nigerian
20 naira note, making her the first Nigerian
woman to be on a naira note.

- After Cardew died the previous year, Kwali died
on August 12, 1984 at the age of 59 in Minna.



◄ Proverbs 22:29

King James Version
Seest thou a man diligent in his business/work ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men

Who can ever imagine that the clay we all use to play during our childhood days is another man source of fame. Sometimes talent supersede certificate that's one of the major problem of this country I hope one one day our eyes will be open and give more to the practicals rather than theories

SOURCE:- www.orimloaded.tk

Nice to meet you ma'm.

Have you seen a man/woman so diligent in his/her work?
He/she will stand before kings and not mere men.........
HOLY BIBLE

Ladi Kwali Hall Sheraton Hotel Abuja

The lesson I learnt from this woman is no gift /talent is a waste, even some past presidents have not even appear even on a coins

One can genuinely reach to the top anywhere and anytime without crime.

She was celebrated through her labour not yahoo yahoo.

orimogunje53:
The lesson I learnt from this woman is no gift /talent is a waste, even some past presidents have not even appear even on a coins

....and an ordinary pot maker is being celebrated everyday.

There are many jobless people here on NL calling our Barbecue job, ab*ki job, meat seller fish frier etc and advising us to go to Sambisa forest to sell our Barbecue , but we keep keeping on....

Moral of the story : STAY FOCUS and
BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DO AND DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

hisgrace090:
One can genuinely rich to the top anywhere and anytime without crime.

She was celebrated through her labour not yahoo yahoo.

God bless you for this my brother.
Btw, I guess it's a typo...edit that rich to 'reach'.

post=67571763:

God bless you for this my brother.
Btw, I guess it's a typo...edit that rich to 'reach'.

Thanks!

hisgrace090:



Thanks!

You are always welcome!

Thanks God she is not a victim of slave trade.

SamuelAnyawu:
Ladi Kwali Hall Sheraton Hotel Abuja

That was the first thing that came to my mind


Back to topic, Woman of virtue. She died too early tho

This is the kind of topics that should be hitting front page. Very incisive and informative. Nairaland is lost with bad topics.





Lady kwali you deserve a seat in the throne of brave men. Your dilligency is unparalled

We suppose to have a museum, where these celebrated heroes can be seen...

johnmartus:
Thanks God she is not a victim of slave trade.

lolz

johnmartus:
Thanks God she is not a victim of slave trade.

lolz

obonujoker:
We suppose to have a museum, where these celebrated heroes can be seen...

true talk

abuja now has emir

WOW, I never knew!

20 naira will soon go into extinct self

if you. said so