{"id":5087,"date":"2025-06-19T23:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/senior-citizen-ironic-depiction-of-west-africas-herder-farmer-crisis-in-a-conceptual-ceramics-exposition\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:54","slug":"senior-citizen-ironic-depiction-of-west-africas-herder-farmer-crisis-in-a-conceptual-ceramics-exposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/senior-citizen-ironic-depiction-of-west-africas-herder-farmer-crisis-in-a-conceptual-ceramics-exposition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Senior Citizen\u2019: Ironic Depiction of West Africa\u2019s Herder-Farmer Crisis in a Conceptual Ceramics Exposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>\u2018Senior Citizen\u2019: Ironic Depiction of West Africa\u2019s Herder-Farmer Crisis in a Conceptual Ceramics Exposition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1213' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1213\/919' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>This paper proffers an art-speech of the farmer-herder crisis in Nigeria from the standpoint of the conceptual ceramic\u2019s exposition. Using the figurative construct of \u2018senior citizen\u2019 and the visual art form of conceptual ceramics, this paper creates a sort of metaphorized analogy that depicts an allegory of Nigeria\u2019s perennial farmer-herder crisis scenario, where the wellbeing of the citizenry appears to have been subordinated to those of the herders and their herds. The uncommon ceramic art approach that negates traditional production methods has been explored in this study to interrogate the outlined concerns. This process includes the pinching of plastic clay, placing it in the palm, rolling the clay with both palms into a stick-like shape, placing the stick at the foot of the fingers, tightly compressing the clay by closing the fists, and finally releasing the clay to reveal the product. This style that has been termed fragmented clay palm press terracotta on canvas proved effective and fluid enough to achieve the essence of this study. The intriguing situation of Nigeria\u2019s socio-political metaphor vis-\u00e0-vis the prevailing farmer-herder conundrum is explored in an attempt to foreground the existential irony that this awkward situation portends.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Okewu (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>AI Chukwuma Okoli (Federal University Lafia, Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>art form, conceptual ceramics, farmer-herder crisis, senior citizen<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: \u2018Senior Citizen\u2019: Ironic Depiction of West Africa\u2019s Herder-Farmer Crisis in a Conceptual Ceramics Exposition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1719,1720,1721,1722],"class_list":["post-5087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-art-form","tag-conceptual-ceramics","tag-farmer-herder-crisis","tag-senior-citizen","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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