Fifi ejindu biography of michaels
Born in Ibadan to a Cross river mother and an Akwa Ibom Father who was a Professor at the time..
Fifi Ejindu
Nigerian architect
Fifi Ejindu | |
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| Born | Offiong Ekanem Ejindu 1962 (age 62–63) Ibadan, Nigeria |
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Fifi Ekanem Ejindu is a Nigerianarchitect, businesswoman and philanthropist.
Born in Ibadan, she is the great-granddaughter of King James Ekpo Bassey of Cobham Town in Calabar, Nigeria.
An architect of repute, Ejindu, who is the first African woman to be awarded a BA degree in Architecture at the prestigious Pratt Institute.
Biography
Fifi is the great-granddaughter of James Ekpo Bassey, an Efikmonarch of the colonial era whose seat was in Cobham Town, Calabar, Nigeria. King Bassey, her mother's grandfather, was crowned king of Cobham Town by representatives of Queen Victoria in 1893.
As a result of this heritage, Princess Fifi uses the title of H.H. The Obonganwan King James socially.
The princess was born Offiong Ekanem Ejindu in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Nigeria.
Princess Fifi Ejindu was awarded for her contributions towards the promotion of African Arts and Fashion across the globe.She was also raised there.
Her father, Professor Sylvester Joseph Una, studied at the Trinity College in Dublin and Brown University in the United States. He was the first Minister of Hea