11-year-old Nigerian artist bags Taiwan award

An 11-year-old Nigerian artist, Kareem Waris Olamilekan, has won Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation’s ‘Fervent Global Love of Lives Award.’ He beat 2,723 nominees in the world in the twenty-second edition of the prize. The Representative of Taiwan in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday, according to Punch. […]

An 11-year-old Nigerian artist, Kareem Waris Olamilekan, has won Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation’s ‘Fervent Global Love of Lives Award.’ He beat 2,723 nominees in the world in the twenty-second edition of the prize.

The Representative of Taiwan in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday, according to Punch. He also said that Olamilekan would meet the Taiwanese President, Tsai Ing-wen, among other laureates.

Olamilekan will attend charity events with other laureates, scheduled to hold in Taipei from September 20 to 28, during which he will meet the Taiwanese President.

Yang said that his office and the Head of Taipei Trade Office in Nigeria had hosted and congratulated Kareem on his feat.

Back in 2018, Olamilekan gained global fame after he sketched a portrait of French President Emmanuel Macron, on the spot in two hours, during the president’s visit to Lagos.