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Nigerian artist behind painting sold for ₦64m criticised for promoting racist tropes

Nigerian artist behind painting sold for ₦64m criticised for promoting racist tropes

The piece has been criticised for promoting racist tropes and catering to a Western caricature of people of African descent. The painting features three hideous-looking monkeys with massive lips named Alara, Ajero, and Orangun. Depicting black people with exaggerated facial features or as monkeys in Western media has for long …

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