Tales of life. A sad story
Okoromodeke, Joshua
Illustrator country: Nigeria
Scenarist: Okoromodeke, Joshua
Scenarist country: Nigeria
Language: English
Keywords: city; family; Love; migration to Europe; young people
PROJECT:
Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2003-2004
Gabriel lives in Lagos and one day a phone call from his girlfriend wakes him up. She asks him to go to her place. When he gets there, she tells him she has argued with her father over their relationship and confesses she’s pregnant. Her father enters the room and Gabriel confronts him, but her dad still opposes their relationship. Gabriel decides to emigrate to London to earn some money to support the baby.
Technique: Felt tip pen on paper
Black and White
Original drawings
Dimensions: 35 x 49,5 cm
Inventory: inv. 370 / coll. CX23.NIGERIA.OKORO.3
Number of sheets: 4
Notes: The first page on the top of recto: Creative fiction story, Book name: "Tales of life", Story title: "A sad story" - Each page on verso reports the Author's name, the title and the number of the page