|
''Art Professor Cephas Yao Agbemenu'', teaches at the Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a sculptor and a traditional African wood carver who sees parallels between his carvings and life. ==Biography== Cephas Yao Agbemenu was born 29 May 1951 in Leklebi-Kame, in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa. As a child, Cephas Yao Agbemenu grew up in Ghana, going to school where art and crafts lessons were a part of the curriculum. He also learned farming, backyard gardening, fishing, trapping and hunting. All requiring good coordination and visual abilities in order to complete those tasks. Cephas Yao Agbemenu went on to Secondary School at Evangelical Presbyterian Secondary School Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana where he received his Ordinary Level, School Certificate. Agbemenu's major subjects were Art, English Language, Ewe Language, Math, General Science, Principles of Accounts, Geography. Cephas Yao Agbemenu then attended Kpandu Secondary School, Volta Region, Ghana. He completed this program with an Advanced Level, School Certificate. The major subjects were Art, Economics, Geography, General Studies in the year of 1972. June 1976 he completed a bachelor's degree in Fine Art with First Class Honors’ at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His Major was Sculpture, Painting, Art History, English Literature, Art Appreciation and African Studies. Cephas Yao Agbemenu then obtained his Master of Fine Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, February 1980.〔(University at Buffalo )〕 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Cephas Yao Agbemenu major was Sculpture which included Wood Carving, P.O.P, Concrete and Bronze casting. Minor in Painting, Drawing and Art History. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cephas Yao Agbemenu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|