THREE NIGERIAN GIRLS at the African Artists studio Bwari Abuja Nigeria

Three Nigerian Girls is one of my favourite subjects. It is for them that I consciously create a bright and colourful future .Each time I take up the residency at the African Artists’ studio in Bwari, Abuja, these girls show up and never fail to ask me, ‘Aunty, are we painting today?’ My answer is invariably, ‘No. not today, maybe next week,’ although sometimes I have to let them in just to buy myself respite from their incessant demands. From time to time, I wonder how they perceive me. What do they tell their parents about me? And how will their experience of me influence their views of women in general?

      Joan Okhide,Chizaramu Okeh and Ebube  Ugochukwu

                                                 My new self appointed studio assistant.Joan Okhide