and appearance of a model, but she is not. Her passion, which has become a career, is painting. The self-taught visual artist obtained a Bachelor of Science degree…
Taking the step to focus on her finance career through her joining Chapel Hill Denham was not an off-the-cuff decision, but following rigorous consideration. REWA simply knows where she is going, and she wants to get there fast, “and I don’t want to go alone. I am at peace with the decision and I’m keenly looking forward to making my mark here as I have always done,” she says in her LinkedIn page.
Dapaah says REWA’s bold figurative portraits are by all accounts an extension of the artist herself. “A melting pot of varying influences, cultures, and experiences that have shaped and moulded a person that is as comfortable haggling the price of lace fabric in the heart of the hustle and bustle of Onitsha market, as they are blitzing through the high end boutiques of London and Paris.”
Born and raised between Nigeria and England, REWA’s hybrid upbringing greatly informs her work, and indeed, perfectly depicts the sensation that is the modern ‘afropolitan’ woman. Forward thinking, progressive, uninhibited, and self-aware, yet still rooted, albeit loosely, in the expectations, duty and responsibility that tradition and ancient customs dictate.
So, for me, it became very important to use my art as a tool to chronicle the history of my people so that in years, may be 30 years time or 40 years, maybe, my son’s children are in school, may be in UK or France, wherever, and they are teaching them the history of Nigerian people, they can use my work as a reference point. And say, okay, this artist documented the naming rites and traditions of Igbo people of Nigeria, so my work chronicles history.
She describes her work as Igbo Vernacular Art, which she sees as existing outside formal academic or western dialogue. Odu literally means Elephant Tusk and in Onitsha tradition, Igbu Odu in clear terms mean wearing of Tusk, it is a rite of honouring a woman after creditable service in life. It used to be conferred as a form of appreciation on a mother by her children at a certain age, on a dutiful wife by her husband.
Most recently, several of her paintings were featured in the Grammy Award-winning, global superstar, Usher’s video for his newest hit, Ruin, which premiered ahead of his record-breaking performance at the Super Bowl LVIII.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
To ensure proper management of menstrual hygiene for girls and women with disabilities, a non-governmental organisation, Pad A Queen Initiative has called on government at all levels to put in place policies to this effect.
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