DIDI MUSEUM @40
DIDI Museum @40: To celebrate four decades of art, culture and heritage promotion, management of DIDI Museum on May 18 staged a series of events in Asaba, Delta State. The theme of the celebration was/is NO ART NO HISTORY, and it was conceived by Dr Newton Jibunoh, the soil engineer, and former CEO of construction giants, Costain West Africa, who is, however, renowned for his keen interest in collection of both artefacts and contemporary art works in all its dimensions. “Without the art, there is no history as the art documents our culture and heritage, and therefore history of civilisations over the centuries,” stated Dr Jibunoh in explaining the idea behind the theme. One of the events staged was the Virtual conference themed: "My JOURNEY with DIDI Museum", which featured a session of reflections and recollections by a group of artists who had been part of the "Didi Family" which featured the cartoonist-painter-sculptor, Kenny Adamson; and the engineer-pain