Survival
This painting shows a labourer and a toiling man carrying a heavy sack on onion on his back. Often in marketplaces, a group of errand boys called “ala baru” help traders and buyer to carry their produce or wares to various locations and through this, he makes a living. Ala baru is an important and […]
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Umeh Bede
Lagos, Nigeria
Umeh Bede Ifeanyichukwu was born on the 12th of February 1965 in Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. Umeh enrolled into the famous Yaba College of Technology Lagos where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in painting. He worked briefly as an illustrator with Arbil, an advertising agency in Bodija Ibadan before retiring into full-time […]
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44.5" X 31.5" Inches
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This painting shows a labourer and a toiling man carrying a heavy sack on onion on his back. Often in marketplaces, a group of errand boys called “ala baru” help traders and buyer to carry their produce or wares to various locations and through this, he makes a living. Ala baru is an important and integral part of the marketplace as serve as “go-to” people or link in easing the burden of others by carrying heavy loads as a means of survival.
