The Poet and His Muse, oil on canvas

Iba N’Diaye developed figure 1 artwork in the year 1966. The artwork presented in the figure is referred to as “The Poet and His Muse, oil on canvas.” Ndiaye came up with this work upon his return from Paris, thereby utilizing the modernist style he acquired as he advanced his studies. Although N’Diaye, as an individual, had succeeded, he felt that he owed a lot to his country and the people who fought for its independence. The artwork celebrates the traditional African cultures, and thereby uses the Dogon Kanaga mask forms part of the background. Apart from the celebration, the artwork was as well responsible for playing the impunities in society, such as the exploitation of the community by oil miners. The art represented in figure two forms part of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s work. She developed it in the year 1995 and named it the Coloured Family Tree Gelede. The activist was addressing cultural issues that end up affecting women in her community and the environmental issues that arose as a result of oil mining. The artist of this work presented the ideas in the British Museum and, materials used in this case were glass and suspension of oil to come up with artwork. The two artists of the work presented in this question were both living away from their country of origin, and we all worried about the oil mining issue. However, figure 1 focuses on celebrating independence, while figure two addresses the issues facing women in the community as well.