Prince twins seven seven biography

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Twins Seven Seven

Nigerian artist (1944–2011)

Twins Seven Seven
Born	(1944-05-03)3 May 1944 Ogidi, Kogi State, Nigeria
Died	16 June 2011(2011-06-16) (aged 67) Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Known for	Painting and sculpture
Movement	Oshogbo school
Spouse	Nike Davies-Okundaye (divorced)

Twins Seven Seven, born OmobaTaiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki (3 May 1944 – 16 June 2011) was a Nigerian painter, sculptor and musician. He was an itinerant singer and dancer before he began his career as an artist, first attending in 1964 an Mbari Mbayo workshop conducted by Ulli Beier and Georgina Beier in Osogbo. Twins Seven Seven went on to become one of the best known artists of the Osogbo School.

Early life and education

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He was born as Omoba Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyekale Osuntoki to a father, Aitoyeje, who was a Muslim from Ibadan, Oyo State, and a mother, Mary, who was a Christian from Ogidi, Kogi State, in Nigeria.^[1] The name by which he became known alludes to the fact that he was the only surviving child of seven sets of twins born to his mother,^[2][3] Nigeria having the world's highest twinning rate.^[4] His mother was instructed by a babalawo to dri