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Death and the King’s Horseman at the Stratford Festival

Aug 18, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Stratford’s demographics are very not Black and even less so Nigerian. The 2016 Canadian Census, found 31,053 residents, of which only 335 were Black. None of whom were Nigerian or spoke Yoruba. 24,530 of these residents noted European descent, 18, 445 of whom noted descent from the British Isles.
Nigeria Imaginary - Look Inside

Aug 16, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Kechi Nomu |Chimezie Chika |Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Our latest issue, Nigeria Imaginary, considers the restorative potential of Nigerian art and invites readers to explore the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, plus more. Aindrea Emelife on the Meaning of the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history.
Yinka Shonibare and the Case for Nigeria at the Venice Biennale

May 19, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Monument to the Restitution of the Mind and Soul, 2023. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA).
Nigeria Imaginary

May 19, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Kechi Nomu |Chimezie Chika |Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA). Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA).
Yinka Shonibare and the Case for Nigeria at the Venice Biennale

May 19, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Monument to the Restitution of the Mind and Soul, 2023. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA). Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Monument to the Restitution of the Mind and Soul, 2023. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia.
Escape Planning | Literary Review of Canada

Jun 21, 2023 | reviewcanada.ca | Joseph Kakwinokanasum |Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

In the penultimate chapter of My Indian Summer, the twelve-year-old protagonist, Hunter, is shocked to learn that his mother, a residential school survivor, once wanted to become a nurse. He hates Margarette, after all. Her drinking, her abuse, and all her other parental failures make it impossible for him to feel safe at home, let alone loved. Knowledge of her past complicates things, and although he senses “something new under his anger and fear,” he’s not ready to think about what that means.
The Restrained Dreaminess of Isabel Okoro’s Normatopia

Jun 14, 2023 | republic.com.ng | Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

The first time I meet Isabel Okoro is in the lobby of her apartment building in Toronto, Canada. It is mid-April 2022 and I have commuted 40 minutes on the Toronto Transit Commission’s subway line to pick up her then-newly released book, Friends In Eternity. The exchange is brief, and she tells me thanks for the purchase, as I cradle the text in my hands. I respond that I am looking forward to thinking with it.