Dot Nation is my new body of work created using the Igbo Waist Beads (Mgbaji) as the core medium; visually, form and material. They make a strong commentary on feminism, spirituality, and the diaspora culture of Igbos and West African nationalities.

Responding to ethnic discrimination occasioned by colonisation, the brutal Nigerian-civil war, sustained systemic marginalisation and unfair power structures, this body of work, constructed with waist beads cut from plexiglass waste, illuminate the collective Nigerian ‘japa’ experience – a direct result of years of bad leadership.

This body work forms visual metaphors of how global migration destroys cultural practices and natural ecosystems, impacts indigenous Identities, and contribute to the global conversation on gender issues and racial inequality.