TItle: Legacy in Motion
Year: 2025
Medium: Digital Collage
Dimensions: 36 x 48 inches
Artist: Anthony B. Adeaba
Description:
“Legacy in Motion” is a visual symphony—a pulse of gold, rhythm, and ancestry moving through market stalls, dancefloors, and diasporic dreams. Anchored by the regal presence of Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, and Fela Kuti, the piece constructs a living archive of Afrobeats—not as sound alone, but as spiritual inheritance.
The collage vibrates with layered movement: the elegance of a woman on a scooter becomes a love letter to Lagos street style, while the Adinkra symbol suspended in gold acts as a compass guiding the viewer back to self. Below, bustling West African markets and scenes of communal dance conjure the heartbeat of the continent.
Tems and Ayra Starr emerge as high priestesses of the now—rooted, fierce, divine. Woven among them: oware boards, djembe drums, and the coded joy of nightlife. “Legacy in Motion” is not nostalgic. It is kinetic memory. A celebration of Black sound as civilization.
