Manhajar Googdle a yau ta na taya murna da rayuwar malamar Najeriya, mai sana’ar hada tukwane, mai aikin gilashi, da kuma kawata tukwane, Ladi Kwali, wacce ta taimaka wajen gabatar da al’ummar duniya kan kyawun fasahar Najeriya ta hanyar zayyana kayan kwalliyar kasa. A irin wannan rana ta 2017, an bude wani baje kolin ayyukan Ladi Kwali a dandalin Skoto Gallery da ke New York.
An haifi Ladi Dosei Kwali a shekara ta 1925 ga dangin tukwane a Kwali, Abuja, Najeriya. Goggonta ta koya mata dabarun tukwane da tsinke a lokacin kuruciyarta, wanda daga baya Kwali ta gyara mata salonta yayin da take kera kwantena na yau da kullum da aka yi mata ado da hoton dabbobi.
Ba da dadewa ba ’yan kasuwa na gida suka baje kolin aikinta na kayan ado na gida, kuma a cikin gidan sarauta ne Michael Cardew, wanda ya kafa cibiyar horar da tukwane na farko a Abuja ya gano gwanintar ta a shekarar 1950.
A shekarar 1954, Kwali ta shiga Cibiyar Tukwane ta Abuja, inda ta kafa tarihi a matsayin mace ta farko a Najeriya da ta samu horo kan fasahar tukwane. Ta haɗa salonta na gargajiya tare da waɗannan sabbin hanyoyin don kera tarin tukwane da aka yi musu salo da zanen zoomorphic. Kwali ya ci gaba da karya tsarin zuwa cikin 60s tare da nune-nunen a duk faɗin Turai da Amurka, yana samun karɓuwa a duniya.
Daga baya a cikin aikinta, Kwali ta bayyana sirrin sana’arta ga al’ummar yankin a matsayinta na malamin jami’a. Ta samu digirin digirgir daga Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello a shekarar 1977 da kuma lambar yabo ta kasa ta Najeriya a shekarar 1980, wacce ke cikin fitattun lambobin yabo na ilimi a kasar, don girmama gudunmawar da ta bayar. A na tunawa da Kwali a yau tare da kowane canjin Naira ashirin na Najeriya, kudin Najeriya na farko kuma daya tilo da mace ta samu.
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