Nigba ti yoo fi pe eni odun etadinlogun, won yan an gege bi olukoni ni Edo College ni Benin pelu iwonba idanilekoo aigbefe..Ni opin aarin 1950, o je ebun eko ofe lati kekoo ni   Royal College of Art, London leyin ti ise re gba iyin pataki nigba isafihan kan ti o waye papo pelu irin ajo  Queen Elizabeth's si Naijiria... 
Riverhead tun gba awọn eto lori By the Sea and Desertion, eyi ti i se meji ninu awon ise Gurnah ti won ti jade lo fun tite jade.kiko pelu ise re gege bi oluko ni ile-eko giga Gurnah je onkọwe ati eni o ma nko nofeli lóríṣiríṣi.. 