Nath Mayo Adediran

Adediran was a recipient of Scholarship and Bursary Awards under the Federal Military Government Scholarships Programme for 1973-74 to study botany.^[2] He graduated from University of Ibadan in 1975 with a degree in botany. In 1988, he obtained a masters degree in botany from the University of Lagos.^[3]

Adediran is the pioneer curator of National Museum Osogbo which began the Osun-Osogbo.^[4] Adediran was elected as Secretary of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History board at the International Council of Museums for the period 2004–2007.^[5]

He cowrote African Lace: A History of Trade, Creativity and Fashion in Nigeria with Barbara Plankensteiner in 2010.^[6][7] He and Barbara Plankensteiner curated African Lace as an exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich in the same year.^[8][9] Adediran's work was also referenced in Suzanne Blier's article; Art in Ancient Ife, Birthplace of the Yoruba, published by Harvard University.^[10]

He was the president of the International Council of African Museums (AFRICOM) in 2012.^[11][12]

In 2013, he was on the steering committee of the US-Africa Cultural Heritage Strategic Partnership at Michigan State University Museum.^[13] Adediran was one of the curators of Central Bank of Nigeria's Currency Museum established in 2023.^[14]