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Rising Nigerian dancer, Okwui Okpokwasili, was among the 25 individuals from across the world to be awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellow. The prominent fellowship is popularly known as “genius grants”. Okpokwasili, 46, joins other Nigerian creatives like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Njideka Crosby Akunyili, who have received the award in the past. A multi-disciplinary performer…