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 […]
Order A PrintUmeh 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 […]
Read moreThis 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.