Enkang

Medium

Giclée on paper

Year

2026

Enkang, meaning the Maasai homestead, places the matriarch of the family compound in the centre of a savanna gold frame with both arms extended outward at shoulder height and palms facing downward, in the posture of measuring or blessing the space around her. From each of her ten extended fingertips, a thin thread of red light extends into the background, tracing the outline of a circular homestead on the background behind her, her fingertips as the ten points of the architectural drawing, the home that lives in the reach of a woman’s arms. This is a one of one original piece, the only work of its kind in the world, a mixed media fine art work of photography and digital art, Giclée printed on museum quality 310gsm Textured Fine Art Cotton Rag. A powerful and tender African painting about women, architecture, and the home that is drawn before it is built. Available at Naija Art Store.