Samson Bakare: Why the artist paints Black people in positions of power, WePresent (feature)

PUBLISHED Jun 2021

Lagos-based artist Samson Bakare describes his paintings as “time machines,” as they venture back into the past and depict an African society that might have existed had history taken a different turn. He paints Black people in positions of power, in full control of their surroundings. He explains to Jareh Das how he hopes that by rewriting history, he can project a better future.