Contours and pluralism in Chijioke Onuora's Ife kwulu, ife akwudebe ya exhibition of Igbo Cosmology drawings, 2024

Chijioke Onuora is a Nigerian artist of Igbo ethnicity. With the thrust of artistic stoicism, this study critically examined Igbo existential pluralism in Onuora’s exhibition of drawings at the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (October 29 - November 29, 2024). The exhibition theme: Ife kwulu, ife akwudebe ya (When something stands, another, also stands nearby) signifies that things thrive in essential adjacencies. Findings reflect suppression of monism by juxtaposing geometric and linear images for pluralism. Illustration materials were charcoal and textile dye, on paper and fabrics. All the works were produced in 2023 and 2024.