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Weathering the storm: Ben Enwonwu’s Biafrascapes and the crisis in the Nigerian postcolony

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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:39 authored by Matthew Lecznar
This article appraises Ben Enwonwu’s contribution to postcolonial modernism in Nigeria. To do so, it analyses his artistic responses to the political crisis that resulted in the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967–70). The article argues that Enwonwu’s varied Biafrascapes, expressed as portraits, landscape paintings and mythopoetic imagery, reflect his struggle to ethically convey the conflict’s complex realities and legacies.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

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Tate Papers

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1753-9854

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Tate Research

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30

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  • English Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-11-09

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-12-18

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-11-08

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