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