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Did You Know? The First Black Artist To Paint An Official Portrait Of The US President Is A Nigerian

April 19, 2022

Kehinde Wiley! That’s the name. Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley was born on February 28, 1977. He is an African-American portrait painter based in New York City, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of black people. He was commissioned in 2017 to paint a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National … Continue reading Did You Know? The First Black Artist To Paint An Official Portrait Of The US President Is A Nigerian

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Four Nigerians on the WorldRemit List of Top Africans in the Diaspora

April 19, 2022

WorldRemit, a leading provider of international money transfer services, has launched its list of Top Ten Most Influential Africans in the Diaspora. The company says the list celebrates the accomplishments of Africans who have made valuable contributions to various fields in the United States and their countries of origin. The WorldRemit list of successful Africans … Continue reading Four Nigerians on the WorldRemit List of Top Africans in the Diaspora

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Kehinde Wiley Puts a Modern Twist on Classic Art

April 19, 2022

Kehinde Wiley is a New York-based portrait painter born to a Nigerian father and an African-American mother in 1977. He is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of people with brown skin in heroic poses. He takes urban African-American males, from the well-known like Ice-T and Michael Jackson to those wholly unfamiliar (yet recognizable in their … Continue reading Kehinde Wiley Puts a Modern Twist on Classic Art

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