The National Museum of Kenya, ‘’Where
Heritage Lives On’’ and the African Heritage House, are hosting the 2017
Nigerian Festival in Nairobi.
From October to November 2017 a city-wide
celebration of Nigeria contemporary art and textile heritage will have part of
its activities in the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi.
The first Nigerian Festival in Nairobi was
in 1972, which also included a street festival and a fashion show with
all-African models, all African (Nigerian) textiles, and African Heritage House
jewellery. This is the second Nigerian Festival in Nairobi. It includes nearly
100 artworks on display at the National Museum of Kenya, the Nairobi Gallery,
and Alliance Francaise.
The artists include printmaker, painter and
sculptor Bruce Onobrakpeya, Muraina Oyelami, Nike Olaniyi Seven Seven Davies
Okundaye, Jacob Afolalabi, and Jimoh Buraimoh who incorporates beadwork into
his artwork.
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| Eketeke and Erevbuye by Bruce Onobrakpeya |
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| Priests by Jimoh Buraimoh |
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| Untitled by Jimoh Buraimoh |
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| Halloween by Muraina Oyelami |
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| Spirit of the Forest by Jacob Afolalabi |
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| The King of the Last Kingdom of the Things that Exist by Jacob Afolalabi |
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| by Jimoh Buraimoh |
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| Onijo by Nike Seven Seven Okundaye |
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by Nike Seven Seven Okundaye
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The exhibition also incudes ‘’Adire’’ cloth,
which is ‘’tie and dye’’ of indigo patterned starch resistant cotton cloth (similar
to batik).
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