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Medium: Acrylics on canvas (Painting)
Year: 2011
Artist; Nathan Omiel (omi-elart)
Description; The roles and duties of an African from time have varied largely from managing the affairs of the home/household to grooming the children, gardening, and above all taking care of her beloved husband who in most cases spends the hours of daylight away with friends of if lucky... at a job of sorts.
The Strength of a woman depicts the day to day aspects of an African woman's responsibilities that will start at dusk till dawn, when she is able to lay down to sleep, A baby hangs in a blue fabric to signify the importance of childbearing among the African traditional society to date. A woman that did not bear children was an accursed woman regardless of her beauty and hard work; putting to mind that children were and are still looked at as a continuation of lineage and generations of families, clans, villages, and ancestries. A girl child born to the community would at a certain age be taken through rites of passage into womanhood, and the same duties carried out by her mother, and grandmother are passed on through apprenticeship and rigorous training in preparation for the field of marriage, so the non-broken chain of the strong women that have built the societies that make Africa today should continue.
It is strange today though, that there are very few strong women in this regard in most of our societies, since many of them no longer have regard for their roles within the societies they are in except for the ability to express and advocate for their right to this and that! No offence meant to the several strong women out there seeking a better life for some of our daughters in unfortunate situations and need a voice to speak for them; but it can be agreed that most of the women in our society regard marriage with very little concern and likewise; the training for its management. Many homes do not stand today because our strong women have shifted their strengths and abilities elsewhere other than the management of the affairs of their households from where our Nations are birthed! It is no doubt that today, Africa is full of greedy leaders who weren't told by their mothers when to know which portion belonged to the others...I dream of a day when I will train my daughter to carry on her roles as a woman with the understanding of her position, and rights as pertains to her responsibilities in her household and community, then shall I dream of the days when our Mothers ran the home and built strong families with character!
