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Also Known As Peter Jasper Akinola
Born January 27, 1944 (age 81) • Abeokuta • Nigeria

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A controversial installation
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Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
Ibrahim Babangida
head of state of Nigeria
Justin Welby
Justin Welby
archbishop of Canterbury
Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
president of Nigeria
Buhari, Muhammadu
Muhammadu Buhari
head of state of Nigeria
Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu
president of Nigeria
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author
Obafemi Awolowo
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian statesman
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
president of Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo
president of Nigeria
Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote
Nigerian businessman
Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams
archbishop of Canterbury
Enwezor, Okwui
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-born art curator
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Nigerian feminist and political leader
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian military leader and politician
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author