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DEEP ETCHING BY BRUCE ONOBRAKPEYA (BORN 1932 - NIGERIA). TITLED *GIFT FROM THREE KINGS*. ETCHING MEASURES 7 1/2 X 12 IN. EDITION 29 OF 75. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WAS DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE *AFRICA:ON HER SCHEDULEIS WRITTEN A CHANGE* A BOOK OF POEMS BY BARBARA HAEGER. A VISUAL RENDERING OF THE COMPLEX, TUMULTUOUS HISTORY OF POLITICAL FORTUNES AND MOVEMENTS IN POST-INDEPENDANCE AFRICA. THE DISMEMBERED SCULPTED FIGURE SYMBOLIZES THE IRONIES AND DANGERS OF THE NEO-COLONIAL REALITIES IN AFRICAN STATES.