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."
Nigeria · Fine Art
Songs of the Iroko
Adaeze Okafor
FAACCE Verified
Cartography of Kin
Johannesburg, South Africa·Fine Art
- Medium
- Mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 150 × 200 cm
- Year
- 2023
- Certificate
- FA-2023-0188 →
$ 9,400
Indicative — acquisition is dialogue, not checkout.
Authenticated by the FAACCE Curatorial Council. View certificate.
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.
Curatorial note
FAACCE Curatorial Council
"Authenticated on the basis of provenance documentation, studio interview and material analysis conducted by the FAACCE Curatorial Council in 2023."
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