The British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is creating a sculpture in memory of David Oluwale with the aim of cementing a “fitting legacy” for the Nigerian who drowned in the 1960s after harassment by police in Leeds. “It’s a fitting legacy to an ordinary man, who will no doubt leave an extraordinary legacy,” he said. David Oluwale. The Shonibare piece is part of a development on a new park planned for Leeds city centre on the site of the former Tetley brewery. It will be unveiled in 2023 to coincide with Leeds’ wider city of culture year.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2021 08:14 UTC