Two lecturers in the University of Lagos, Professor Peju Layiwola, Head, Department of Creative Arts, and Dr. Patrick Oloko, a senior lecturer in the Department of English have been awarded the Rhodes Artist and Writer (RAW) Residency Fellowship Programme for 2018.
The RAW programme with theme, The Arts of Africa and the Global South is hosted by the Department of Fine Arts of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, the National Research Foundations (NRF) of South Africa and the Andrew. W. Mellon Foundation.
The RAW Residency Fellowship is a two-month programme encouraging team participation in the production of art, scholarship and enhancing cultural and professional understanding among artists, scholars and activists in Africa and the Global South. In this year’s competition, Peju Layiwola, who is a visual artist and Patrick Oloko, a literary analyst, will be exploring the relationship between art production and scholarly writing.
In the report from the Guardian their methodological innovative joint application is focused on demonstrating how social experience and visual culture connect and intersect in Nigeria /South African historical and contemporary experiences.
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