Tayo Adenaike Through the Broken Wall We Watched the Chameleon Change Its Colors, 1990. Watercolor on paper 90-10-1, museum purchase The broken wall represents shattered promises, a country in neglect, hopes unfulfilled. The chameleon changing colors refers to Nigerian political leaders who too often failed to meet the expectations the nation had in the early 1960s.

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