Clara Aden Addresses Food Crisis in a Virtual Exhibition

Yinka Olatunbosun

According to the 2020
Global Hunger index, there are 10 hungriest countries namely Chad, Timor-Leste,
Madagascar, Haiti, Mozambique, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Afghanistan and
Nigeria. Each day, it is estimated that 25,000 people die from hunger and related
causes. Thus, the creative peacebuilders are using their artworks to stir
conversation and raise awareness through ‘Art about Zero hunger.’

“There is a need for
urgent call to action to prevent famine,’’ said Clara Aden, one of the
participating artists in the global conversation on food crises. In her body of
work titled, “Suffering and Smiling’’ funded by Peace Studio, she created a
body of work that interrogates the social reality in her home country, Nigeria.

“To promote peace, we
must get to the root of conflict and understand others. As a creative
peacebuilder, I aim to use my visual storytelling artworks to address the issue
of acute food insecurity, addressing hunger is a foundation for stability and
peace. There are thirteen artworks virtually displayed. These works express the
stories of resilience, sense of belonging and the interlink between conflict
and hunger,’’ she wrote on her Instagram page.

Aden is an
award-winning artist also known as the first lady of the Molue Mobile Museum, a
one-week experimental residency project curated by Nigerian German curator,
Emeka Udemba.