At the airport

ByMoyo Okediji

At the airport, just about to check in for my flight back to the US.

I’ve been here for two full months in Nigeria.

And, incredibly, within this period, I gave birth to the ÀKÒDÌ ÒRÌṢÀ, the building in the background of this picture.

It is a dream I have had for some 25 years, and it is now real.

I could not have done this alone.

I’m grateful to all those who have contributed to the realization of this dream–especially the women artists in residence at the ÀKÒDÌ ÒRÌṢÀ, those for whom the project was intended.

The contributors to the realization of this dream include Hilda Oduwole-busari, Titilope Ganiyat Adeosun,Aderounke Olawunmi, Oladele Temilade, Adesina Rukayat, Oluseyi Ogunjobi, Elubode Orisabunmi, Charles Akindiji Akinola, Femi IfaturotiFatah Toromade, Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe, Osupa Creatives Adetola Wewe, Folake Akindele, Dayo Fasola Gem, Bode Elemide, and Kayode Akintade, from whom I purchased the land.

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ByMoyo Okediji

A new word will enter the streets of Nigeria.

It is PLUTOPHOBIA: the fear of the rich.

It won’t mean, as it often does, the fear of getting rich.

It will mean the fear and loathing for those who are getting rich, while the majority of Nigerians see themselves as getting poorer by the minute.

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My grandmother, Iya Oyo, belonged to the generation of women who didn’t experience what the sociology scholar, Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi described as the “invention of women.”

What Professor Oyewumi means is that nowadays, there are lots of rules and regulations that appear to specify what a woman is supposed to do, and what she is not supposed to be.

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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART.

ByMoyo Okediji

I am pleased to announce the publication of an essay that I wrote in 2004–sixteen years later.

The journal is the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART.

The essay, on the work of Bing Davis, is titled “Flying Back Home.” I describe Mr. Davis as an “Afronaut.”

I did not use the term “Afrofuturism,” because that term was not even in theoretical usage at that time.

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MY SUGGESTION

ByMoyo Okediji

A friend, who is also a devout, church-going Christian just talked with me a few minutes ago. He called from Nigeria.

“What is wrong with these kids?” he asked me. “Why can’t they protest peacefully? What has their quarrel against police brutality got to do with burning down buildings, and looting stores? They are criminals. They are worse than the politicians they are criticizing. If you place them in positions of power, they would do worse.”

I didn’t respond. After all, I didn’t call him. He called. He must have something really important to say to have spent his money calling me.

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