FAACCE Curated
"Painted across the long rains of 2024, Songs of the Iroko begins with the artist's grandmother — a woman who spoke to trees the way others speak to elders."
art · Lagos, Nigeria
Songs of the Iroko
Adaeze Okafor
FAACCE Verified
Cartography of Kin
Johannesburg, South Africa
- Medium
- Mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 150 × 200 cm
- Year
- 2023
- Certificate
- FA-2023-0188 →
$ 9,400
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Story behind the work
Mokoena began this work after spending six months mapping the routes her family travelled during the forced removals of the 1960s. Each line is a sibling, an aunt, a cousin scattered by Group Areas — re-drawn into one continuous breath.
A topography of memory built from charcoal, gold leaf and old township maps, layered into a single, almost cartographic surface.
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