Sixty years, cast for the ages
Alhaja Sekinat Balogun
invites you to a celebration for the ages
Saturday, December 5, 2026
#SekinatAt60
The Relief Emerges
Keep scrolling. The torchbearer walks the wall.
Struck in metal, story by story.
The light finds every raised hand.
A wall worthy of the life it tells.
The Engraving
The plaque was cast blank. The engraver waits on your word.
Tap to Strike the Chisel
The Foundry Fire
Metal remembers the fire. Watch the light walk the relief.
Some lives are written in sand. Hers was cast in bronze, and the rain has never won.
Until the unveiling
Four panels on the wall, counting toward the day.
The Hall of Honour
Every photograph mounted in warm metal.
The Order of Rites
Each moment in its appointed place.
4:00 PM
Arrival of Guests
The hall of honour opens
5:00 PM
The Grand Entrance
Drummers lead her in
5:45 PM
Tributes & Prayers
Sixty years, spoken with love
7:00 PM
Dinner & the Cutting of the Cake
9:00 PM
Highlife & Owambe Till Late
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Will you stand with us?
She built a house that became a compound, a table that became a banquet, a name that opens doors in three cities. At sixty, we gather to say what the bronze already knows: she endures, and we are grateful.
From Her Children
Colours of the Day
The smiths set one enamel per colour.
Royal Emerald
Burnished Gold
Deep Coral