Nath Mayo Adediran

Nath Mayo Adediran is a Nigerian museum director. He is the former Director of Museums at the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.[1]

Education

Adediran was a recipient of Scholarship and Bursary Awards under the Federal Military Government Scholarships Programme for 1973-74 to study botany.[2] He graduated from University of Ibadan in 1975 with a degree in botany. In 1988, he obtained a masters degree in botany from the University of Lagos.[3]

Career

Adediran is the pioneer curator of National Museum Osogbo which began the Osun-Osogbo.[4] Adediran was elected as Secretary of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History board at the International Council of Museums for the period 2004–2007.[5]

He cowrote African Lace: A History of Trade, Creativity and Fashion in Nigeria with Barbara Plankensteiner in 2010.[6][7] He and Barbara Plankensteiner curated African Lace as an exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich in the same year.[8][9] Adediran's work was also referenced in Suzanne Blier's article; Art in Ancient Ife, Birthplace of the Yoruba, published by Harvard University.[10]

He was the president of the International Council of African Museums (AFRICOM) in 2012.[11][12]

In 2013, he was on the steering committee of the US-Africa Cultural Heritage Strategic Partnership at Michigan State University Museum.[13] Adediran was one of the curators of Central Bank of Nigeria's Currency Museum established in 2023.[14]

References

  1. ^ Meshioye, David (2023-05-17). "With No Art, No History, DIDI Museum celebrates four decades of art". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  2. ^ "Federal Republic of Nigeria - Official Gazette" (PDF). 1973-07-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-13.
  3. ^ "Steering Committee : US/Africa Cultural Heritage Strategic Partnership". Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  4. ^ "Video: Osun Osogbo Grove - A UNESCO Inscription Story". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  5. ^ "Report of the meeting of NATHIST in Seoul 2004" (PDF). Natural History Committee Newsletter. March 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-04-04.
  6. ^ "African Lace". African Arts. 45 (2): 94–95. 2012-06-01. doi:10.1162/afar.2012.45.2.94. ISSN 0001-9933.
  7. ^ "African Lace: A History of Trade, Creativity and Fashion in Nigeria - Plankensteiner, Barbara; Mayo Adediran, Nath: 9789461610003 - ZVAB". www.zvab.com. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  8. ^ camann (2010-10-21). ""African Lace" im Völkerkundemuseum". vienna.at. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  9. ^ "INDIGO REIMAGINED Peju Layiwola". www.ru.ac.za. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  10. ^ Suzanne Preston Blier. "\Art in Ancient Ife, Birthplace of the Yoruba" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10.
  11. ^ "ICOM signs Memorandum of Understanding with AFRICOM" (PDF). 2012-05-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-15.
  12. ^ "ICOM-ASPAC 2012 General Assembly in Wuhan, China | 湖南博物院". www.hnmuseum.com. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  13. ^ Technology, University Outreach and Engagement-Communication and Information. "US-Africa Cultural Heritage Strategic Partnership". US-Africa Cultural Heritage Strategic Partnership. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  14. ^ Enengedi, Victor (2023-01-08). "Amazing and Beautiful Photos of CBN's Currency Museum in Abuja - Legit.ng". www.legit.ng. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
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