ORIKA (everything all at once)
orika is an ongoing art collection which will be complete when it contains a hundred pieces. each piece carries a message - a wonder - a breath.
Mgbịrịgba
nno unu nno unu o udo unu udo unu o ekele oma ekele oma ekele oma ekele oma unu ooo
patron ghost of Iyioji
okokokoooo okala madu mmuo yi aru ka akwa echeta gi
Portrait Of My Mothers Ghost
nnem why did you leave me even after you knew i left my mother for this new life nnem gwanumu o who will hold your ghost now that i too am gone
Afa
spirit opens its mouth in several others let those that are deaf hear let those who are diviners listen let those that understand run mad
One Lifeline at a Time
how many lifes will i have lived if i hit the primordial waters a seventh time mother will you make me do it for the eight
each others harvest
woven from the same god rib breath of our breath will death keep us apart one longing at a time but what is this white split that keeps you from me
YANGA
so you no go marry me shey you dey do shakara because i tell you say i love you
NwaEKE
the spiral python mirror of the universe emblem of mother spirits totem of the deep waters emblem of scattered earth accept my offering
NNECHUKWU
mother child and spirit linger as apparitions as real things in the full moon each time i look up
BLOOD
which god have you ever known to perceive flesh and not thirst for blood nna open your eyes before dem chop you give me give me give me blood to drink from your world before i die
OMA YI OJI in motion
show us your face oma let us see your face nwa agaba the consequence of seeing spirit is madness but if you watch it move in silence several things inside you may hold your survival
Robe Of Dreams
josef isi na mpa gi nyelu gi robes of many colors josef ima na nlo m lo ebe m na e ri ura afum owem ebe nyi my own robes of two colors
Nkili
masqurades of my father lands unmentionable names once in a moonlight spirits give me back my fathers dreams
spirit spouse
amam onye i bu afugom gi kita ka gini mezie
after Imran
adopted nephew i followed your patterns and they led me here
A Marked Thing
i asked mama if my body is a temple who will build it her spirit said all the structural linings are already embedded under your skin six feet above where you are buried oma yes that flesh that flesh is where you went to die
Sign of the Crossroads
every four point junction is a liminal spaces where gods go to die entities go to collect owed debts did you choose today to die by accident or will you make the sacrifice before we come to collect
Nsibidi Board
did you know that language dances as loudly as thunder roars in the sky now who will stop these wisdoms from forming their lines
Ça va aller
rain rain go away come again another day nwa ogbanje misses home
non human
and all this blackness who did you leave it out for to fill mother it is the void you left untattered when you brought me into this world
we are surrounded
we embody multiple suns multiple planets around us from within peeping peeping o dear peeping for when the right time to burst through our lives shall be
Incubation
one two three four five six seven eight nine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 one 2 three 4 five 6 seven 8 nine 10 eleven 12 thirteen 14 fifteen 16 seventeen 18 nineteen 20 twentyone 22 twentythree 24 twentyfive 26 twentyseven 28 mother the rebirth is in motion
28 Suns
suns of God lights of the worlds reach us as evidence of the multitudes we carry shine over the heads of our ancestors and preserve us in all the worlds they occupy under your watch
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