Kolade Oshinowo's 'Nomads'

Richly textured, yet subtle, Nigerian artist Kolade Oshinowo vividly depicts the landscape and lifestyle activities most associated with the Fulani tribe of Sub-Saharan Africa.

The artist portrays a pastoral Fulani family which is typically the traditional herding unit, where tasks are divided by gender and age among its members.

The men are largely responsible for managing the herd, finding grazing sites, building tents and camps, and making security tools such as knives, bow and arrows and guns.

Women in the unit take on traditional roles such as sourcing food produce in the market, milking cows, weaving and mat-making.

Usually in search of greener pastures for their livestock, the Fulani's travel south in the dry seasons, abandoning the desert lands.

The artist shows, not a primitive, savage tribe, but rather, a dignified, cohesive unit.

The harmonious blend of colours, with warmth given to the cooler pigments, is truly refreshing.

The painting is, at the same time....

....a blurry mash up of thick paint and random, chaotic brush strokes....

...and a highly defined and organised piece in its composition. A great justice done to one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most persevering cultures.