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a post by moyo okediji showing the akodi orisa artists working on a pillar

BOY or GIRL?

ByMoyo Okediji

If you were given the choice as a parent to produce just one child in your life, would you rather have a boy or a girl?

Traditionally we would all say a boy.

Now take a look at the pillar that these Amazon women are building.

It is made of steel inside, and it is covered by clay.

a picture showing moyo okediji sitting next to his artwork

Mungo Park Discovering River Niger

ByMoyo Okediji

As the Chinese launches successfully the second wave of the colonization of Africa, after learning from the techniques of divide and conquer that Europe used for the first wave of conquering the continent, it became necessary for me to do this painting.

I also want to refer to the poem I wrote a couple of months ago, titled, “My Teacher Taught Me Nonsense.”

a picture showing moyo okediji poised for the camera

Life Begins At 65

ByMoyo Okediji

Life Begins At 65

I’m only just 64, but life begins at 65

I thank all my friends who sent me birthday wishes yesterday.

I can’t wait for the party to start when, finally, I get born one year from today.

But, it’s alright. Some people are only in their thirties, forties, fifties and early sixties. They have to wait a while to get born and start rocking.

At 65, you’ve done it all. Life has thrown all it has at you, and you have stood your ground. You can easily say, “Ẹran kí la ò jẹ rí? What edible flesh am I yet to chew?”

the picture shows the youngest artist at the Akodi Orisa Center in Ile Ife.

Two New African Proverbs

ByMoyo Okediji

Two New African Proverbs:

1. The same people who place their knee on your neck will also be the first to ask “Why can’t you breathe?”

2. The same people who are causing your sadness will also be the first to ask “Why can’t you laugh?”

(Adapted from the Yoruba proverb, “Ẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ ni di olóríburúkú ni ó kọ́kọ́ má a ń fi bú ni:

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