Nigerian art lovers have teamed up to restore the Otigba (drummer) giant sculpture at New Have you heard?
A group of Nigerian artists got together and reproduced the giant Otigba Statue at New Haven Junction, Enugu City.
Residents watched in horror as the giant statute was torched by angry youths protesting police brutality in Nigeria (#EndSARS) in October 2020.
The statue was a major landmark placed at the T-Junction of Chime Avenue and Ogui Road. After its installation in 1980, Enugu residents promptly renamed the landmark as "Otigba Junction."
Fortunately, a group of artists quickly contracted Chris Afuba, the artist that created the monster statute, to either repair the damage or reproduce another Otigba. The concerned artists came from the Arts In My City Arts Festival, Society of Nigerian Artists, and the Art in Nigeria Project.
Afuba constructed the original Otigba in 1980 as an IMT Enugu Art School project. His was among a number of creative works that a military Governor decided to move from the school's Sculptor Garden to different landmark spots in the Coal City. This is a fascinating story which I told jn Enugu Metro:
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