Me to the orangery
solitude invites,
a wagtail, to tell
the tangled-wood-tale;
a sunbird, to mourn
a mother on a spray.
Christopher Okigbo, "The Passage," from Heavensgate (in Okigbo 1971:4)
Obiora Udechukwu belongs to the generation of artists influenced by Uche Okeke, Bruce Onobrakpeya, and Solomon Irein Wangboje, who forged a strong base for contemporary Nigerian art. Now one of Nigeria's most distinguished artists, he is becoming familiar outside ...