∆Nwa Uli "READ" Uli is a traditional and indigenous visual art forms, motifs and symbols that are used by the Igbo people of South Eastern region of Nigeria to achieve the desired psychological and aesthetical satisfaction. Uli was also used by the women to decorate their bodies during traditional festivals and other special occasion. Very few colors such as Brown or Red, White, Black :and Yellow(also known as earth colours), which are sourced locally, are used. Most of these colors come from different shades of clay from the ground and black color prepared from the kitchen sooths or grinded charcoal from burnt fire wood. The forms are always a means of channeling a message or communicating aesthetic and other cultural information that are easily decoded by the recipients. The revival of interest in Uli painting within the contemporary art practice began with Uche Okeke, a professor of painting and one of the founding fathers of the Nsukka Art School (Department of Fine and Applied Art, University of Nigeria Nsukka). He is said to be the bridge between the traditional and the modern Uli painting practice. Other artists who followed these Uli transformations include Prof. Chike Aniako, Prof. Prof. El Anatsui and Prof. Obiora Udechukwu. The second generation of modem Uli artists, who were taught by these professors of Uli painting, includes Tayo Adenaike, Chika Okeke, Ada Udechukwu, Sylvester Ogbechie, Bathosa Nkurumeh, and many others who easily adapted and totally identified their paintings to Uli. Its a special feeling for me, finally to get to create my own uli piece in the same studio where they created theirs. After learning so much from students of the aforementioned great names who are now tutors themselves in the Nsukka Art School, I feel like a fresh initiate, an official "Nwa Uli"(Uli child); I'm feeling BLESSED! I'll unveil the full piece on the next post. #ulist Life is a Maskurade. #keeplovingyours . . . #nsukkaartschool #obi #artschool #lifeofanartmajor #conceptualart #student #art #artlife #igbo #artist #mmanka #universityofnigeriaNsukka #youngafricanartists #Nsibidi #igbobinnansb #artschool #2021 #africana #life #photography #artschool #Uli (at Faculty of Art study UNN) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXayiJejpPZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

∆The Ijele was once a Child Maybe a picture doesn't tell it all; the pain, the stress, the struggle and all the downside that comes with learning this craft. The lessons you take away from the times you fail, those moments you have to do things you do not like and the ones that make you feel so uncomfortable. You have to taste them all they say, you have to study the greats if you must be one. Patience became my first charm as we keep creating and bidding our time for talent is nothing without discipline. Life is a Maskurade. #keeplovingyours . . . . . . . #nsukkaartschool #obi #artschool #lifeofanartmajor #conceptualart #student #art #artlife #igbo #artist #mmanka #universityofnigeriaNsukka #youngafricanartists #Nsibidi #igbobinnansb #artschool #2021 #africana #life #photography #artschool (at University of Nigeria, Nsukka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRnDHzDctV/?utm_medium=tumblr

I've written a couple of poems and have always been an aficionado of the Art. Creating the cover art for a brother's first full length poem collection is something I've always looked forward to and I'm glad with the way things turned out. °°° Uche Ogbuji is a Calabar-born poet and spoken word artist, now living in Colorado. He went to Uni at Nsukka, and was steeped in the ambient feel from Arts inspired by traditional Ùrì crafts, and inspired by the Nsukka School of the Line. In his own words, being half Igbo and half Umon (from Cross River), Nsibidi was originally written by the Ejagham themselves and also ancestral mysteries before his eyes, including many of the mysteries inspire him to write. "Ńchéfù is Igbo for forgetting, misplacement. These are poems of a child born in the age of decolonization, and specifically in the very aftermath of the sort of destructive civil war colonial exploitation made inevitable. These are poems of a child who was raised through a whirlwind of global travel, led by his parents in search of a future for their family. The poet eventually came to realize he must first forgive himself his muddled identity before the great rivers of his bloodline will forgive him his estrangement." ~ Uche Ogbuji This is his first full-length book of poems, Ńchéfù Road which will be coming out this summer. Follow up @blackspringpressgroup for more update on the official publishing date. #igbo #igbobinnaeze #mmanka #poem #art #uli #nsibidi (at Nsukka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CefItNpIRhR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I've written a couple of poems and have always been an aficionado of the Art. Creating the cover art for a brother's first full length poem collection is something I've always looked forward to and I'm glad with the way things turned out. °°° Uche Ogbuji is a Calabar-born poet and spoken word artist, now living in Colorado. He went to Uni at Nsukka, and was steeped in the ambient feel from Arts inspired by traditional Ùrì crafts, and inspired by the Nsukka School of the Line. In his own words, being half Igbo and half Umon (from Cross River), Nsibidi was originally written by the Ejagham themselves and also ancestral mysteries before his eyes, including many of the mysteries inspire him to write. "Ńchéfù is Igbo for forgetting, misplacement. These are poems of a child born in the age of decolonization, and specifically in the very aftermath of the sort of destructive civil war colonial exploitation made inevitable. These are poems of a child who was raised through a whirlwind of global travel, led by his parents in search of a future for their family. The poet eventually came to realize he must first forgive himself his muddled identity before the great rivers of his bloodline will forgive him his estrangement." ~ Uche Ogbuji This is his first full-length book of poems, Ńchéfù Road which will be coming out this summer. Follow up @blackspringpressgroup for more update on the official publishing date. #igbo #igbobinnaeze #mmanka #poem #art #uli #nsibidi (at Nsukka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CefItNpIRhR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

∆Stories 2/8 Got back to drawing "stories' whilst writing these letters. This is the second of the eight I've decided to take this year. Everyone has a story. PS: Send us a DM or Email to get your own personal letter. . . . . #artist #suobi #mmanka #igbobinna #doodle #uli #blackart #mama #woman #mandala #Nsibidi #blackart #letters #language #freespeech #english #surreal #uli #calligraphy #artcollector #letterwriting #stories https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJk8kSjeEq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#2 of 37 (commissioned piece) Writings, a mirror to your own thoughts-Proven. PS: Send us a DM or Email to get your own personal letter. . . . . #artist #suobi #mmanka #igbobinna #doodle #uli #OneLIne #mama #woman #mandala #Nsibidi #blackart #letters #language #freespeech #english #surreal #uli #calligraphy #artcollector #letterwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdd9fepjLQo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

¶Asu'suobi #1 of 37(commissioned letter) You can't always trust a man's words but always "his thoughts" . . . . #artist #suobi #mmanka #igbobinna #doodle #uli #OneLIne #mama #woman #mandala #Nsibidi #colonialism #letters #language #freespeech #english #surreal #uli #calligraphy #letterwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYoXJSD084/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

(The story of Mazi Phil Nwankwo) #20 Here is the final shot of the first story. This is the 20th story I've told so far and I'm buzzing. It's been a mission for me to help people tell their stories and have it immortalized. This is something I've always done and would always keep doing as long as I'm breathing. Sharing my art with people's stories; stories of Real people. I'm grateful to @ma.z.i for believing and sharing with us, really and maybe a picture doesn't tell all the story but it does bring it to life. KEEP LOVING YOURS. Thanks for all the support from y'all here. We move to the next one. PS:6 slots of 8 left . . . . . . . #art #stories #igboart #mmanka #igbobinnansb #trippy #life #blackart #everybodyhasastory #lifeispoetry #uli #Nsibidi #storytelling #kunst #storyart #scarsmadeus #nsukka #sketch #commissions #artforlife #grayvee #fortheculture #blackart #surrealism #trippy #fashion #masquerades #artistsoninstagram #artwork #stanekgallery #jamesjeanart (at Nsukka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcQuk5D0p2/?utm_medium=tumblr