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Azeez Kayode Fakeye (born 1965), [1] is a Nigerian sculptor.
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Azeez Kayode Fakeye (born 1965), [1] is a Nigerian sculptor.
Azeez Kayode Fakeye was born in 1965 in Ibadan, Nigeria. The Fakeye family is a multigenerational group of Yoruba sculptors, [2] and he is related to Lamidi Fakeye, Akin Fakeye, and Lukman Alade Fakeye.
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David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode is a Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was with the opposition's All Progressive Congress (APC) until June 2014 when he returned to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and Although his family lineage originates from Osun, he was born in Lagos, on 16 October 1960 to Chief Remi Fani-Kayode and to Chief (Mrs) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode. He is an Ile-Ife chieftain of Yoruba descent.
Lukman Alade Fakeye is a Yoruba Nigerian sculptor and woodcarver. The youngest in the Fakeye family of carvers, he is a nephew of Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, who carved the doors of the African Room at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. Lukman began working with his father, Akin Fakeye, at the age of nine.
Akin Fakeye, is a Nigerian artist who works in the medium of wood carving.
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Fakeye is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Kayode is both a surname and a masculine given name of Yoruba origin.