African folktales are believed to have the power to hold the community together, that is, the ancestors, the living and those yet to be born. This is because they communicate morals and traditions to the young, preparing them for real life obstacles. The framework of any African society is in the stories passed down through the generations, it is the heritage that informs the identity.
I study Yoruba culture because it is important to understand where I came from and the ideologies that have shaped me from childhood (good and bad). These inform who I am but also make me present about my current grounding and my future aspirations. The things I learn leak into the work I create. In essence the work parallels my life learning story.
I was imagining ancestral planes and other dimensions of the ancestors when I made these images assisted by Ai.
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