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Okwui Enwezor

1963 - 2019

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Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) was a Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator, specializing in art history. Enwezor served as artistic director of several major exhibitions, including Documenta11 (2002) and the 2015 Venice Biennale, becoming the first non-European and African-born curator to lead both. He was director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst from 2011 to 2018. Enwezor was also the founding editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art and held numerous academic appointments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Okwui Enwezor is the 6,884th most popular writer (up from 6,978th in 2024), the 110th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 114th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Okwui Enwezor ranks 817. Before him are Valery Levaneuski, Libor Pimek, Marty Natalegawa, Donna Williams, Júlia Lemmertz, and Silvio Martinello. After him are Igor Savochkin, Peter Schiff, Sonia Pierre, Petra Schneider, Alexis Jenni, and Jeff Hornacek. Among people deceased in 2019, Okwui Enwezor ranks 588. Before him are Frederico Rosa, Robert Hunter, Sandie Jones, Al Alvarez, D. C. Fontana, and Ram Jethmalani. After him are Jorge Hernández, John Dingell, Viktor Manakov, Anthoine Hubert, Heidi Mohr, and Catherine Burns.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 110 out of 309. Before him are Brown Ideye (1988), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), Augustine Eguavoen (1965), Fela Sowande (1905), Tiwa Savage (1980), and Keziah Jones (1968). After him are Ikechukwu Uche (1984), Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Julius Aghahowa (1982), Haruna Babangida (1982), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), and Victor Obinna (1987).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Okwui Enwezor ranks 9. Before him are Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Buchi Emecheta (1944), Flora Nwapa (1931), and Ben Okri (1959). After him are Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Amina Lawal (1973), Sefi Atta (1964), Chris Abani (1966), Bibi Bakare-Yusuf (null), and Biyi Bandele (1967).

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