Olden Days

" this artwork came from an inspiration, when I saw on a Youtube video an Aged African mother pounding yam with mortar and pestle- a feat I, a young- bodied man could not do skillfully. She didn't even break a sweat. Misogyny in African culture is not indigenous. Meaning there was no root for misogyny, if any, tis' was due to western influences. Women were often custodians of land, markets, and spiritual traditions, meaning power was not exclusively male. Among the Igbo of Nigeria, women held judicial and commercial authority alongside men. The Balobedu Rain Queens of South Africa wielded spiritual and political power. In Buganda (Uganda), the Queen Mother (Namasole) influenced governance.