Emmanuel Nnakenyi Arinze

Biography

Emmanuel Arinze was an eminent Nigerian anthropologist. He conducted research in the Igbo region around Achalla on Ijele masquerades. On behalf of the Horniman Museum, he commissioned an Ijele to be made as the centre piece for the Horniman's African Worlds exhibition. He was president of numerous museological organisations such as AFRICOM and at the time of his death he worked as Executive Director of the National Council for Arts and Culture.

Brief biography

anthropologist (1945-2005)

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Date
1945
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