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Nigeria’s Njideka Akunyili Crosby was visited in her studio by former\nUS First Lady, Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Njideka is a Nigerian-born visual artist. She is also the\ndaughter of the late Dora Akunyili, who was the Director-General of\nNational Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Njideka’s 2017 botanical painting, titled \u201cBush Babies\u201d, sold\nfor $3.4 million USD. Since then, there has been a spike in the value of\nher paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The visit from Michelle Obama was shared to Instagram by Njideka’s\nequally famous sister, Chidiogo Akunyili Parr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing a photo of Ms. Obama hugging Njideka, Chidiogo wrote: “So\nthis just happened! Casual Saturday in the Akunyili Crosby family. When the\nMichelle Obama pays a visit to your studio! Me to my sister, \u201cif it could\ncome up, make sure to tell her about the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigeria’s Njideka Akunyili Crosby was visited in her studio by former US First Lady, Michelle Obama. Njideka is a Nigerian-born visual artist. She is also the daughter of the late Dora Akunyili, who was the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Njideka’s 2017 botanical painting, titled \u201cBush Babies\u201d, sold for $3.4 million USD. Since then, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n