Cephas Yao Agbemenu
| bɔbeasu | male  |
|---|---|
| ɔman a ofiri mu | Ghana |
| din a wɔde ama no | Cephas |
| abusua din | Agbemenu |
| da a wɔwoo no | 29 Kotonimma 1951 |
| beae a wɔwoo no | Leklebi |
| languages spoken, written or signed | Brɔfo, Ewe |
| n'adwuma | artist, sculptor, art educator |
| employer | Kenyatta University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| educated at | Kpando Secondary School, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University at Buffalo |
| abasobɔde a wonyae | Fulbright Scholarship |
| copyright status as a creator | works protected by copyrights |
Cephas Yao Agbemenu (wɔwoo no Kɔtɔnimaa bosome no da a ɛtɔ so aduonu nkron wɔ afe 1951) yɛ Ghana Odwumfoɔ, ne ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ. Ɔyɛ adwinnie ho ɔbenfo a ɔkyerɛ adeɛ wɔ Kenyatta Suapɔn a ɛwɔ Nairobi, Kenya no mu. Ɔyɛ odumgyafoɔ ne Afrikafoɔ amammerɛ mu nnua adwumfoɔ, na ɛhu nsɛdie ahodoɔ a ɛda ne adwinie ne asetena ntam.
Asetena mu nsɛm
[sesa]Wɔwoo Cephas Yao Agbemenu wɔ Kɔtɔnimaa bosome no da a ɛtɔ so aduonu nkron wɔ afe 1951 mu wɔ Leklebi-Kame, wɔ Frao Mantam no mu wɔ Ghana, Afrika Atɔeɛ fam.
Ɔnyinii wɔ Ghana, ɔkɔɔ sukuu a na adwinnie ne nsaanodwuma adesua yɛ adesua nhyehyɛe no fa kɛseɛ. Ɔsuaa kuayɛ, akyi turoyɛ, mpataayi, afidie ne abɔmmɔ nso. Ne nyinaa hwehwɛ sɛ wɔyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ pa na wotumi hu ade na ama wɔatumi awie saa nnwuma no.
Agbemenu kɔɔ Ntoasoɔ Sukuu wɔ Evangelical Presbyterian Ntoasoɔ Sukuu a ɛwɔ Hohoe, Volta Mantam mu, faako a ɔgyee ne Ordinary-Level Sukuu adansedie krataa wɔ Adwinie, Borɔfo Kasa, Ewe Kasa, Nkontaabuo, Nyansahunu a Ɛfa Nnipa ho, Akontaabuo Nnyinasosɛm, Asase ho Adesua mu.
Afei ɔkɔɔ Kpandu Ntoasoɔ Sukuu, Volta Mantam mu. Ɔde Advanced-Level School Certificate wiee saa nhyehyɛe yi, na n’adesua titiriw ne Art, Economics, Geography, General Studies wɔ afe 1972 mu.
Wɔ Ayewohomumɔ bosome no mu wɔ afe 1976 mu no, ɔgyee n’abodin krataa wɔ Fine Art mu a ɔnyaa First Class Honors wɔ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, a ɛwɔ Ghana, na ɔyɛɛ n’adesua no fa kɛseɛ titire no wɔ Sculpture, Painting, Art History, English Literature, Art Appreciation ne African Studies mu.
Afei Agbemenu nyaa ne Master of Fine Arts abɔdin krataa wɔ State University of New York wɔ Buffalo (Ɔgyefoɔ 1980). N’asɛmti titiriw ne Sculpture, Wood Carving, P.O.P, Concrete ne Bronze casting ka ho, a Painting, Drawing ne Art History yɛ ne mmofra nkumaa.
Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Adwumayɛ
[sesa]Agbemenu firii aseɛ kyerɛɛ adeɛ wɔ Kwame Nkrumah Suapɔn a ɛhwɛ Nyansahunu ne Mfididwuma so wɔ afe 1977 mu a ɔde Adwinnie, Nsusuwii ne Mfoniniyɛ.
Ɔkyerɛ Afrika Adwinie, Nsusuwii, Abibifoɔ Abakɔsɛm wɔ wiase nyinaa adwene mu wɔ aman ahodoɔ pii so, ne Ceramics, Afrika Abakɔsɛm, Amammerɛ Abrofo Adwinnie Abakɔsɛm ne Afrikafoɔ Nsusuwii.
Wɔ afe 1987 mu no ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ sɛ Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ Panyin wɔ Adwinie a Ɛyɛ fɛ Dwumadibea, Kenyatta Suapɔn, Nairobi, Kenya. Ɔkasa: Afrikafoɔ nnɛyi Adwinnie; Nsusuwii ne Afrikafoɔ Nnua a wɔde di adwini a wɔde di dwuma wɔ amanneɛ kwan so.