Professor Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi who passed on, this day last year, was the first professor of architecture from Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Adeyemi served in his academic capacity first at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (ABU Zaria), then Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), to Covenant University, and finally at Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) now University of Cross River State, Calabar (UNICROSS). I had hoped to see him during one of his rare visits at the architecture department at UNICROSS, but that never happened in time before the pandemic struck. Images 1, 3 & 5: from "In The Making Of An Architect ... The Zaria Experience" written by Prof. Ekundayo Adeyemi. Image 2: Hallway with students walking at the classroom/studio building at the Department of Architecture, University of Cross River State, Calabar. 2021. Image 4: Staff building at the Department of Architecture, University of Cross River State, Calabar. 2021. Image 6: Door to Prof. Ekundayo Adeyemi's office at the Department of Architecture, University of Cross River State, Calabar. 2021. Rest on Prof. Ekundayo Adeyemi (27 February 1937 – 25 January 2022). #profekundayoadeyemi #architectureinafrica #architectureschool #curatorialresearch #curatorial #archive #yení (at CROSS-RIVER STATE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,(CRUTECH),CALABAR) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2xTi1smJD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
