"In 2019, the University of Lagos on the city's Mainland and Alara, a gallery on its Island, were respectively the sites of an art exhibition entitled 'Indigo Rimagined' in which Yoruba cultural contribution to global textile modernity came into an intense presence and critical focus. That phenomenal event, its media re-presentations...and the intriguing personality of Peju Layiwola (its creator and curator) are the subjects of the essays assembled in this volume...Art historians, literary critics and other informed observers who encountered the exhibition...present their views in the compelling [13] essays assembled in this book..."--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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