Title: “Womanument” 2023
Medium: Digital Art
Dimensions: 36 x 48 inches
Artists: Femi Kayede and Anthony B. Adeaba
Description:
In “Womanument,” Lady Saw, the indomitable Queen of Dancehall, ascends to her rightful throne—not a stage, but a monument. Situated against the commanding backdrop of the Kotokuraba Market monument in Cape Coast, Ghana, this work fuses feminine power with the architecture of survival, trade, and transformation.
The market—an epicenter of generational commerce and community—is not sanitized or static. It hums with life, color, and coded histories. Lady Saw, posed like a griot goddess, embodies both sensuality and sovereignty. Her gaze challenges you. Her stance dares you to underestimate her. Her voice—imagined in this piece through soundwave lines and lyrical abstractions—pierces the air like a prayer and a provocation.
The title “Womanument” is a deliberate reconfiguration of who and what we choose to remember. By placing a woman at the center of a monument—especially a woman who defied norms, redefined music, and carved her legacy in the rough stone of misogyny and classism—the artists demand a rethinking of heroism. This is not an artwork. It’s an uprising. A demand to carve women’s voices into the stone of public memory.
