“my mother was my first home / bury me on my father’s land (2022)”
Building on stamps issued by the no-longer existing secessionist state of Biafra in Nigeria, these custom stamps – printed and legitimated by Canada Post – speak to contesting claims to nationhood, sovereignty, and belonging. First in a series of works in which the stamps will be used to send letters back home to Nigeria.
Key words: sovereignty; national belonging; family lineage; migration; civil war; borders; colonialism; diaspora
“my mother was my first home / bury me on my father's land”, custom stamps, 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm, 2022