SeaBorne
SeaBorne
acrylic on canvas
36×48″
2021
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Captive No More
Captive No More
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What you are reading is not poetry. It is not fiction. It is my true family history.
I am an ascendant from slavery. Yes.
It means I am a descendant of enslaved bodies. Yes.
Inside me, they locked iron collars,
leg fetters, and hand lockers. Yes.
Yes. Does it sound weird? Yes.
Slavery was real in Africa. Yes
Africa was the Ground Zero of slavery. Yes.
Today’s Prayer
Of ego purge me
Of vanity exorcise me
Of hate, of envy, jealousy
Of covetousness cleanse me
Hope is my only light
Hope is my only light
Out of all gloomy nights
Whatever hope fights
Hope prevails
ToKillaMockingBird
Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: ToKillaMockingBird
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 2018
We Are All Fishes Angling in a Simmering Lake
Moyo Okediji
Title: We Are All Fishes Angling in a Simmering Lake
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Date: 2021
24″ x 30″
METAMODERNISM: THE FUTURE OF THEORY
Moyo Okediji will be in conversation with Jason Storm
Event: The book launch of METAMODERNISM: THE FUTURE OF THEORY
When: Aug 27, 2021
02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)