Artist: Adetola Wewe
Title: ÀWỌN ẸLẸYẸ (BIRD-MOTHERS)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 2015
With the painting Tola Wewe pays homage to The Mothers, as he begins a new season of work.
I have looked into the historical records written by scholars about the Sokoto Caliphate. And I have discovered a great and harsh truth. The truth is that after Usman dan Fodio and his Fulani warriors seized the Hausa kingdoms, they turned the Hausa people into slaves. This was not an accident or a mistake. This was a carefully planned system. Its purpose was to destroy the dignity of the Hausa people, to remove them from power, and to force them ...