Kano Walls

Medium

Giclée on paper

Year

2026

Kano Walls places a single male figure in full Hausa royal court attire, elaborate embroidered babban riga in white and gold, standing close enough to the ancient Kano city walls to touch them, one palm pressed flat against the ancient mud-brick surface. He faces sideways, looking at the wall rather than the camera. From where his palm meets the ancient surface, faint geometric Hausa architectural patterns glow outward from his hand, spreading across the wall’s face, the wall answering his touch with its own memory. A Giclée mixed media fine art print on museum quality 310gsm Textured Fine Art Cotton Rag, this Nigerian painting is limited to just 20 prints in the world. A historically resonant and visually beautiful piece of African painting that carries the full weight of Hausa civilisation on a single open palm, available at Naija Art Store.