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Ladi Kwali Honoree: Why Google Created a Doodle About Her

Ladi Kwali was a prolific and renowned artist who was best known for her large-scale, intricate, and vibrant ceramic sculptures. She was the first woman to join the Nigeria Pottery and Sculptors Association, and was a pioneer in the Nigerian art movement.

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  • The Doodles are visual celebrations of holidays, anniversaries, and well-known artists.
  • She was born in 1925 into a family of potters in Kwali, Abuja, Nigeria.
  • Her aunt taught her coil and pinch methods of pottery during her childhood.
  • Kwali became the first Nigerian woman to train in advanced pottery techniques in 1954.

During the week of March 16th, 2022, Google featured a doodle honoring Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter Ladi Kwali.

Kwali is credited with introducing the beauty of Nigerian art through intricately decorated earthenware designs to the international community. PHOTO via @FRIEZE

KAMPALA | LIFESTYLE UGANDA (https://lifestyleuganda.com/) — A doodle on the search homepage of Google commemorated the life of Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter Ladi Kwali on March 16, 2022.

Doodles: what are they?

A Google Doodle is a change to the Google logo made to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and to recognize famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.

Ladi Kwali is credited with introducing Nigerian art to the international community through intricately decorated earthenware designs.

An exhibition of her work opened at the Skoto Gallery in New York in March 2017.

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Who was Ladi Dosei Kwali?

Ladi Dosei Kwali was born in 1925 into a potter’s family in Kwali, Abuja, Nigeria.

During her childhood, her aunt taught her the coil and pinch methods of pottery, which she later refined into her special style as she created everyday objects decorated with animal symbols.

Having grown up in a family that kept up with the folkloric female tradition of pottery making, Mallam Mekaniki Kyebese, Ladi Kwali’s younger brother, stated that the young woman excelled at pottery making even before going to market.

“Even in the early years of pottery making, Ladi Kwali excelled in the crafts and her wares were often sold before they were taken to the markets”, said Mallam Mekaniki Kyebese, Ladi Kwali’s younger brother.

She developed an approach to clay that echoed mathematical undertones through continuous displays of symmetry.

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The traditional cultural environment led her to produce pottery pieces influenced by the Gbagyi tradition and accentuated with personal idioms during her first professional years.

Aristocrats soon used her pots as decorations in their homes, and it was in a royal palace that Michael Cardew, the founder of Abuja’s first pottery training facility, discovered her talent.

Kwali joined Abuja Pottery Center in 1954, where she became the first Nigerian woman to learn advanced pottery techniques. Extending the traditional style of her pottery with these innovative methods, she crafted a hybrid collection of pottery stylized with a zoomorphic illustration.

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Throughout the 60s, Kwali continued to break the mold with exhibitions across Europe and America, achieving international acclaim. Later in her career, she shared her knowledge of her craft with local students as a university lecturer.

Her contributions were recognized with a doctorate from Ahmadu Bello University in 1977, as well as the Nigerian Order of Merit Award in 1980, one of the nation’s most prestigious academic honors.

Today (Wednesday, March 16, 2022), Kwali is remembered with every exchange of the Nigerian twenty Naira note, the first-ever currency featuring a woman.

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