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Extratemporal Surfer
Moyo Okediji Title: Extratemporal Surfer Medium: Acrylic on canvas 2021, 72′ x 80″
NAME YOUR TEACHER
NAME YOUR TEACHER
Who taught you
that you must breathe?
Who taught you
that you must eat?
that you must crawl?
that you must walk?
that you must talk?
that you must listen?
Who taught you
that your culture is inferior?
Yours truly
Yours truly at the Ohio State University to give a lecture on Friday.
Wèrèpè
Wèrèpè má so mọ́.
Devil bean weed, stop producing seeds,
Èyí tó o so lésǐn,
The seeds you produced last season
Baba ẹnìkan ò ka.
Hope is my only light
Hope is my only light
Out of all gloomy nights
Whatever hope fights
Hope prevails
FISHES OR CRABS
FISHES OR CRABS
ẸJA M BÁKÀN?
Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Fishes or Crabs? (Ẹja m Bákàn?)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 2018