Toyin Ojih Odutola

Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Leigh Raiford is Associate Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. Osman Can Yerebakan is a curator and writer based in New York. Amber Jamilla Musser is an Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University. Rujeko Hockley is Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Melinda Lang is Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum. Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels is Director of the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.

"Featuring essays by Zadie Smith and others, this illustrated tale by a Nigerian American artist renders in charcoal, pastel and pencil two elite families in a Nigeria untouched by colonialism and the slave trade." —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"Best Gift Books of 2021: The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi tells the story of two fictional aristocratic Nigerian families living in a world untouched by colonialism and the slave trade. The narrative is told by Ojih Odutola through words and life-size charcoal and pastel illustrations. The book is an excellent introduction to the artist’s work and includes her original sketches and notes as well as several insightful essays by noted writers and critics Zadie Smith, Leigh Raiford, and others." —NEW YORK MAGAZINE