JI, the yam tuber, is considered “King of Crops” in Igboland. Celebrated between August and October, “Iwa Ji”, the New Yam Festival, is the most important event in the calendar of Igboland. In likening my subject to JI, her importance as a young woman in society is thus cemented, suggesting that she is the symbolical yam.
- Subject Matter: Portrait
- Created: March 24, 2019
- Collections: NWA AGBO: Entering Adolescence