Nike Davies-Okundaye

Nike Davies-Okundaye wearing a traditional headpiece. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, also known as Nike Okundaye, Nike Twins Seven Seven, Nike Olaniyi, or simply Mama Nike, is a Nigerian batik and Adire textile artist. She is the founder and director of four art centers that offer free training to over 150 young artists in visual, musical and performing arts. Her philanthropic efforts aim to revive and sustain traditional craft practices within the modern Nigerian artistic sphere, to which the Nike Centre for Art and Culture is a standing testament.