Orò Ilé
Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Orò Ilé
Medium: terracotta
Date: 2010
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Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Orò Ilé
Medium: terracotta
Date: 2010
I know you’re tired.
I know you are broke. Very broke.
I know that all your friends are making it, but things are not just working for you right now.
I know you are annoyed.
The death of
Abba Kyari is a major loss
for Nigeria.
Because he departed
so suddenly and unexpectedly,
eliminated by a killer so
vehemently and with matchless
dispatch, the victim most
One Her Independence Day
I sent her
a flower vase
spun of orphic hair
with strands of gold,
each line gilded
with a ray of solar tint,
tightly woven into a dreamy jar
with slender pythonic fingers,
and detailed with combed titanic glints
boasting ornamental strings of rubies:
It’s good.
Nature is healing.
Life is in becoming.
Time is resetting
The rhythm of time
African Logic of Love
This message is for young people.
And those young at heart.
Do Africans have original ideas about love and romance?
Can you find the woman hiding in this picture?
If you make a guess, check your inbox. I will send you the answer.