EBELE OKOYE / e5_letter_to_my_friend
Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World
Vol. 1, 2 (2000)
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.../Restoration condt.

This is what they said
I Was
In the place they wanted me to be
In a world they created
to suit their EGOs
alone

A world of solid deprivations
A world of liquid pleasures
Delusion(s)
But then,
having looked inwards
I began to see again
The beauty of what I'd lived
the reconciliation between that
which is and which is not

The restoration
of what has been affected
by the ideas
They tried to induce
only because
they were afraid
of their own weaknesses

.../Restoration continues on following page

 

Citation Format:
Nzegwu, Nkiru (2000). MAKING A STATEMENT: TWO WOMEN ARTISTS - EBELE OKOYE & NKECHI NWOSU-IGBO. Ijele: Art eJournal of the African World; 1, 2. [http://www.ijele.com/vol1.2/index1.2.htm].

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e5_letter_to_my_friend

A Letter to my Friend
2000, 128 x 177 cm, oil on canvas