In the Nigeria Pavilion, Criticism Meets Optimism

In the Nigeria Pavilion, Criticism Meets Optimism

The New York Times-Arts·2024-04-13 17:00

People in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, are hardly shy. The stereotype runs toward boisterousness, worn as a point of pride. But when the artist and poet Precious Okoyomon recorded interviews with some 60 city residents in January for an art project, the unusual questions — like “Who was responsible for the suffering of your mother?” — proved disarming.

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