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Afi Ekong (Constance Afiong Ekong) was born on 30 June, 1930 in Niger, is an A 20th-century nigerian artist. Discover Afi Ekong's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
| Popular As |
Constance Afiong Ekong |
| Occupation |
Artist and arts promoter |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
30 June, 1930 |
| Birthday |
30 June |
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| Date of death |
24 February, 2009 |
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| Nationality |
Niger
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Afi Ekong Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Afi Ekong Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Afi Ekong worth at the age of 78 years old? Afi Ekong’s income source is mostly from being a successful Artist. She is from Niger. We have estimated Afi Ekong's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Artist |
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Timeline
Chief Constance Afiong "Afi" Ekong, Lady Attah (26 June 1930 – 24 February 2009) was a Nigerian artist and arts promoter.
Afi Ekong was born to Efik and Ibibio parents in Calabar, Nigeria, as a member of the royal family of Edidem Bassey Eyo Epharaim Adam III.
She attended Duke Town School and Christ Church School in Calabar.
She trained as a painter and studied fashion design in England, at the Oxford College of Arts and Technology, Saint Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design.
Afi Ekong was married to government official Prince Abdul Azizi Attah, son of the Atta of Igbirra, in 1949.
Ekong began her art studies in London in 1951 at the Oxford College of Arts and Technology, she later went on to Saint Martin's School of Art in 1955, then returned to Lagos in 1957.
In 1958 at the Exhibition Centre Marina, Ekong was the first woman artist to hold a solo exhibition in Lagos.
In 1961 she had a solo exhibition at Galeria Galatea in Buenos Aires.
She owned and operated the Bronze Gallery in various locations, in Lagos and on the Fiekong Estate in Calabar.
She was manager of the Lagos Arts Council, a founding member of the Society of Nigerian Artists, also the supervisor of Gallery Labac from 1961, and chair of the Federal Arts Council Nigeria from 1961 to 1967.
She appeared regularly on a Nigerian television program called Cultural Heritage, to promote the arts.
Ekong's work to advance the arts and women's education in West Africa was recognized in 1962 when she was proclaimed "The Star of Dame Official of the Human Order of African Redemption," by President William Tubman of Liberia.
She was also an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church.
In 1963 she was featured in a New York Times photo essay as an example of the "new African woman" after independence.
She also chaired a UNESCO commission in the 1970s, and in 1990 the National Council of Women's Societies Committee on Arts and Crafts.
She died in 2009, in Calabar, at the age of 78.
The Bronze Gallery remains in operation in Calabar.
Paintings by Afi Ekong are in the University of Lagos Library.
