USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obituary: Adieu Don Akatakpo!

 

Dr Donatus Martins Akatakpo, popularly known as Don, born on 13 July, 1956, gave up the ghost on Saturday 17th July, 2010 at the General Hospital Ikeja, after a period of illness. Until his death, he was a senior lecturer at the Dept of Architecture, Unilag. Though he was more active in the 80s and 90s, he was a great artist in the Ona mode, and also an art scholar of note.

His academic and professional career is as follows:

1979- BA, Fine Arts (Painting and graphics) -Ife

1983- MFA (Drawing and painting) -Benin

1994- Ph.D Visual Arts (History of Art) -Ibadan

Lagos State College of Edu. (1980-1981), Lecturer III

NCAC, Lagos. (1984), Visual Arts Officer I

Adeyemi College of Edu. Ondo(1985-1986) , Lecturer II

New breed Magazine, Lagos(1988), Snr Arts writer

Nigerian Copyright Commission(1988) , Principal Research Officer/Head, Research & Documentation Division

LAUTECH, Ogbomoso (1995-1997), Lecturer I

Unilag (1998-2010), Snr Lecturer

May his soul rest in peace.

I will keep you posted on his burial arrangements.

Kehinde Adepegba

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Akin Alao, Ph.D.

Department of History

Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife Nigeria

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