Tharos
Okoromodeke, Joshua
Illustrator country: Nigeria
Scenarist: Okoromodeke, Joshua
Scenarist country: Nigeria
Language: English
Keywords: fertility; magic; male-female relationship; Nigeria
Urumeh is a prosperous and quiet village on the shores of the Niger Delta, in Nigeria. A woman is desperate because she’s yet to have any children after three years of marriage. She visits a traditional healer who tells her that she’s being spiritually attacked by her enemies. Her husband reassures her and finally she falls pregnant, but the baby is not like the others…
Technique: Pastel and ink on paper
Color
Original drawings
Dimensions: 21 x 29,7 cm
Exhibited where: Exhibited in Bruxelles, Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, June 3 – September 28, 2003
Inventory: inv. 693 / coll. CX23.NIGERIA.OKORO.6
Number of sheets: 25
Notes: The pages 6, 11, 20, and 21 are photocopied
