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This lens into Ogunade Olisco’s personal experiences is an embodiment of the voices of the African diaspora, revealing the 'hum of utopian dreams and diasporic aspiration' (Campt, 2017). His art acts as a catalyst to amend the “inferiority complex suffered by Africans” across the world; an outlet for anti-racist activism to interrogate the problematic, hierarchical, western art paradigm.

The artist’s use of painting for this cause speaks further to his wish for social action. Paintings have the fascinating ability to transcend time and space. They paradoxically represent the …