Agolo - Folklore based printmaking

Agolo - Folklore based printmaking

Titled after the song by Angelique Kidjo telling the story of Jumoke. A young woman who meets a complete gentleman at the market. She intends to become the man's wife, and follows him home. As they both walk through the forest, he begins to return his body parts to the creatures of the forest. All was borrowed, except his head. Jumoke was unable to find her way home. She became the wife of a bouncing head. This story is an old Yoruba folktale, retold through the song, and illustrated in this linocut print.