Originally featured on The Sun The Harbinger: A window into the soul of a people: 8,000 Years of Art in Nigeria, reminds readers of a truth often ignored in mainstream narratives, Nigerian art did not begin with colonial contact nor did it pause because of it. Instead, it has continued, quietly, defiantly, intelligently, across centuries. […]
Originally featured on The New Telegraphng There’s something quite audacious about THE HARBINGER”, a landmark four part book series written by Oriiz U. Onuwaje. This book is not just about documenting 8,000 years of Nigerian art history, a window into the soul of a people; it aims to reframe the nation’s art as single, continuous, […]
Originally featured on The Art Hub In The Harbinger (Crimson Fusion, Lagos; 2025), Oriiz U. Onuwaje challenges the long-standing notion that African artistic genius is accidental or fragmented. Instead, the book argues for African art as the product of a continuous and deliberate intellectual tradition stretching across millennia. Drawing on examples such as the Benin […]
The Harbinger is the first of four messengers, announcing an 8000-year revelation.
Through charged ideas, sharpened memory, and stunning images that anchor our heritage, it prepares the mind for the scale, the weight, and the intelligence of what is coming.
