By Molara Wood
The Netherlands Embassy in Lagos opened its doors to members of
the Nigerian arts community recently for a celebration of one of their own, an
artist under siege, in an event designed to send a message, that he is not
alone. Anyone seeing performance artist Jelili Atiku on Friday, April 8, 2016,
would have done a double take. He was resplendent in flowing, sunshine-yellow
agbada traditional attire, topped with an abeti-aja (dog-eared) cap.
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| (L-R) Netherlands Ambassador John Groffen, Jelili Atiku and Fariba Derakhshani of Prince Claus Fund |