Ekpo Okpo Eyo (8 July 1931 – 28 May 2011) is a pre-eminent name to know when looking to understand the intersection of heritage, restitution, independence and society in Africa. He was a Nigerian scholar mostly known for his work on the archeology of Nigeria. He worked at the interface of archeology, anthropology, and art history, and he was actively involved in and spent many years presiding the federal and national agencies of antiquities and museums in Nigeria. He has been described as a 'giant pillar of Nigeria's museums'. Ekpo Eyo served on UNESCO’s Committee on the creation of the Convention on the Illicit Transfer of Cultural Property (1970) and the Preservation of World Cultural Property (1974).
Primitivism and Other Misconceptions of African Art, April 1982