The Butterfly Thinks Himself A Bird

Moyo Okediji

Title: The Butterfly Thinks Himself A Bird

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Date 2021

Size: 24″ x 30″

The title is an important line in playwright Ola Rotimi’s masterpiece, THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME.

Rotimi took the line from a Yoruba proverb, “Labalábá fira rẹ̀ wẹ́ye, kò le ṣìṣe ẹyẹ.” ̛It means, “The butterfly compares itself to the bird, but is unable to perform like a bird.”