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Adejoke Tugbiyele
\nNigerian-American, b. 1977<\/p>\n

Double Life<\/em>, from the series\u00a0Grassroots
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In Double Life<\/em>, Adejoke Tugbiyele evokes ideas of duality and disguise. Tugbiyele was the first woman to come out publicly as lesbian in Nigeria in response to the country\u2019s legislation in 2014 increasing potential sentences for participating in gay clubs and organizations or for displaying same-sex affection in public. The sculpture looks like two masks which can be used to hide one\u2019s identity and symbolize the two different faces one presents to the world. One important duality she calls attention to is the double life that LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria have to lead, both in their personal lives and in public. They often have to hide their sexuality or gender from family, friends, and neighbors for fear of an intolerant or even violent response. This pair of sculptures Double Life\u00a0<\/em>is central to the series\u00a0Grassroots<\/em> that uses repurposed materials to reflect on political and spiritual realities of contemporary Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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Green-Simms, Lindsey. \u201cThe Emergent Queer: Homosexuality and Nigerian Fiction in the 21st<\/sup> Century.\u201d Research in African Literatures<\/em> 47, no. 2 (2016): 139-161. Accessed April 13, 2019. https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.2979\/reseafrilite.47.2.09.<\/p>\n

This article focuses on literature rather than visual art, but it still explores how contemporary Nigerian authors push back against dominant discourses of homophobia and tell stories about the daily lives of LGBTQ+ people in Africa.<\/p>\n

Jjuuko, Adrian and Monica Tabengwa. \u201cExpanded criminalization of consensual same-sex relations in Africa: contextualizing recent developments.\u201d In Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope<\/em>, edited by Nancy Nicol, Adrian Jjuuko, Richard Lusimbo, Nick J. Mul\u00e9, Susan Ursel, Amar Wahab, Phyllis Waugh, 177-204. London: University of London, 2018. https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/j.ctv5132j6.10.<\/p>\n

This article looks at the trends of increased criminalization of homosexuality on the African continent and some of their potential causes.<\/p>\n

Klein, Alyssa. \u201cStudio Africa\u00a0: Adejoke Tugbiyele on Art as a Voice for LGBT Africans.\u201d Last modified April 6, 2016. https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/studio-africa-adejoke-tugbiyele\/.<\/p>\n

In this article, Adejoke Tugbiyele talks about her newest exhibition as well as about how her experience as a lesbian Nigerian-American influences her art and her life.<\/p>\n

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Caroline Daigle ’20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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