Seeing into Ibe, an essay
On a Lighter Note A few years ago, Sandra Mbanefo-Obiago exhibited Ibe Ananaba and I at Temple Muse, Lagos. That event was the beginning...
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Apr 26, 20201 min read
Lockdown New York
Here’s the story of my life during this pandemic written by Okey Uwaezuoke in today’s ThisDay Newspapers- https://okeysworld.wordpress.co...
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Apr 18, 20201 min read
Talk through the pandemic
I was interviewed yesterday by OB Fado for his blog. Please click on the link for the full interview- My interview with Tony Nsofor – a...
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Apr 1, 20191 min read
He asked some deep questions.
I enjoy talking. I enjoy the stimuli of intelligent conversation. And I hope to see underlying questions in retrospective. I talk some...
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Mar 6, 20193 min read
Flying over the Confluence in Oguta
We all love a good spin. From childhood, we are taught lessons through stories. The Igbo hyphenates stories- we are good with proverbs....
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Jan 12, 20191 min read
Blind to the Beauty
How can Oguta remain like this? We have this little paradise waiting to be cultivated. But we all run away from it for selfish gain. We...
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Jan 11, 20191 min read
The Family House
Our home in the village sits at the crossroads where 3 roads meet. So it must be a magical place to live in. I remember waking up on some...
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Oct 18, 20184 min read
About Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki
I wrote this essay for the catalogue of Uche Edochie and Tolu Aliki’s amazing show HALFWAY THROUGH A THOUSAND MILES. If you saw the...
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Sep 7, 20186 min read
Artist’s statement
Power Play and Other African Stories (for the exhibition Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power) Ballot Boxes and Beasts of Power is mainly an...
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Apr 15, 20183 min read
Coming of Age in Africa
At 35, I had worked for two privately owned companies that ran the business like they were a family affair. One of the companies made...
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Feb 17, 20183 min read
Reality versus Social Media Noise
It seems that there are problems everywhere, especially online. Social media in so many ways has heightened our presence and fears from...
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Nov 22, 20173 min read
Of Facial Masks and Masquerading in My Work
Ajekwu masquerade of Umudei Village, Oguta, Imo State Ipu Afia Agu of two members of the Igbuu society, Oguta, Imo State, Nigeria My...
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Aug 17, 20171 min read
Squinting at a Crowded World: Genius and Madness at Play
#AbstractArt #Communication #Abstraction #Lagos #Stylization #Politics #Zeitgeist #Africa #Relationships
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Aug 13, 20178 min read
My interview with Anna
www.africafuturistic.com. We became friends in 2016 in Dakar during the last Art Biennale. Her works were exhibited at the main pavilion...
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Apr 13, 20172 min read
Chaos and Creativity
‘ While working, I see the possibility of multiple stories jumping out from the artwork. It is a sort of cross-referencing, both directly...
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Mar 5, 20177 min read
Obsessive Consumer Behavior in Check
I feature this article by Odun Orimolade DEVOURING MONSTERS: THE COSUMERIST CANNIBALS OF MAY OKAFOR’S APPLE TRAY INSTALLATION, written...
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Feb 15, 20171 min read
Bloody Cattle, Bullshit System
Some months back, I promised a friend that the series A Thousand Cattle, Two Hills will be pushed till I have a thousand artworks! Not...
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Jul 9, 20164 min read
Error of Being A Nigerian CItizen
The tragedy of citizenship in a country that does not reward her children becomes more obvious when one leaves that country, to another...
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Jun 26, 20163 min read
Mr. President, Corruption is not the Problem
We have been deceived as a nation. Corruption is not the number one problem facing any nation. This sentence presupposes that there is,...
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Jun 21, 20161 min read
Side Talk
Since the advent of the Internet, Power has shifted from the Centre. The marginalised Other is being heard as clearly. We must constantly...
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