Refugee Family

The Refugee Family captured the tragic situation people found themselves during the war. It also tells of the artist's revolution against war and its aftermath.

He depicts a displaced family suffering from malnutrition occasioned by hardship. The haggard and hungry-looking family of eight appears to have lost hope of any means of livelihood.

In both the Returnees Family and The Refugee Family, the artist creatively drew the attention of the outside world to the living conditions in Eastern Nigeria. He decries the fast deteriorating conditions of the returnees, who have suddenly become refugees in their country.

  • Refugee Family
  • UCHE OKEKE
  • 1966
  • Acrylic
  • Editioned, titled, signed & dated bottom recto
  • 41 x 35 inches
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