Austrian artist Susanne Wenger dies in Nigeria at 93Austrian-born sculptress Susanne Wenger, initiated as a Yoruba traditional priestess and responsible for the towering works of art in one of Nigeria's two World Heritage sites, died on Monday at the age of 93, sources said. "She died yesterday and was buried last night," said Ayodele Ismaila, press officer for Osun state Osun State is an inland state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Osogbo. The state's current governor is Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who was elected in 2003 along with his Deputy Governor, Erelu Olusola Obada. where Wenger spent the past 60 years. Friends of Wenger said she had been ill for the three weeks before her death and that she had been admitted to hospital on January 6. She had asked to be buried in an unmarked grave The phrase Unmarked grave has metaphorical meaning in the context of cultures that mark burial sites. As a figure of speech, an unmarked grave represents consignment to oblivion ie an ignominious end. . Wenger, along with other artists, created the shrines in the Sacred Groves This article is about a particular sacred grove of the Latter Day Saint movement. For other uses, see Sacred grove. In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Sacred Grove is a forested area near the border of western New York near the home of Joseph Smith, Jr. -- a wood in the town of Osogbo, in which the internationally renowned school of art of the same name originated. She saw her life's work Life's Work is a sitcom that aired from 1996 to 1997 on the American Broadcasting Company channel that starred Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, the assistant district attorney who had a husband named Kevin Hunter as maintaining the Sacred Groves as a spiritual home for the Yoruba -- one of the major groups in southern Nigeria. "She depicted de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the best in Yoruba culture and served the Osun shrine faithfully for most part of her life," Ismaila said. 
|
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion