The marginalized : a dawn of reconciliation, Nigerian Civil War, and the political marginalization of the Igbo community
department or school: Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Samuel, Roland Ugo
issued: 2025-10-10T14:22:50Z
issued: 2025
related degree: Master of Fine Arts - MFA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This paper serves as a complementary piece to my MFA exhibition, The Marginalized: A Dawn of Reconciliation, Nigerian Civil War and the Political Marginalization of the Igbo Community, presented at the Kelowna Art Gallery from March 29th to June 1st. Through my sculptural works and material exploration, I examine the historical and contemporary marginalization of the Igbo people in Nigeria, tracing its roots from British colonialism to the Nigerian Civil War (1967â1970) and its enduring aftermath. My artistic practice engages with discarded materials, drawing from Michael Thompsonâs Rubbish Theory to explore themes of displacement, identity, and resilience. By repurposing salvaged car door panels, fabric, and other metals, I create visual metaphors that speak to the Igbo experience of systemic exclusion, generational trauma, and cultural challenges. The exhibition and this paper aim to provoke critical dialogue on postcolonial injustices while offering my personal and collective reclamation of our Igbo heritage. Through studio-based research, historical analysis, and artistic experimentation, this thesis seeks to shed further light on the issues of marginalization in Nigeria. My sculptures in this thesis demonstrate how art can serve as a powerful medium for truth-telling, resistance against systems that marginalize, and promote an environment that encourages others to speak up and find means of reconciliation.
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note: The Marginalized: A Dawn of Reconciliation, Nigerian Civil War, and the Political Marginalization of the Igbo Community by Roland Ugo Samuel BFA, Olabisi Onabanjo University, 2019 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Visual Arts) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) October 2025 © Roland Ugo Samuel, 2025 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: The Marginalized: A Dawn of Reconciliation, Nigerian Civil War, and the Political Marginalization of the Igbo Community submitted by Roland Ugo Samuel in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts Samuel Roy-Bois, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisor Renay Egami, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisory Committee Member Suzanne Gott, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisory Committee Member George Grinnell, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies University Examiner iii Abstract This paper serves as a complementary piece to my MFA exhibition, The Marginalized: A Dawn of Reconciliation, Nigerian Civil War and the Political Marginalization of the Igbo Community, presented at the Kelowna Art Gallery from March 29th to June 1st. Through my sculptural works and material exploration, I examine the historical and contemporary marginalization of the Igbo people in Nigeria, tracing its roots from British colonialism to the Nigerian Civil War (1967â1970) and its enduring aftermath. My artistic practice engages with discarded materials, drawing from Michael Thompsonâs Rubbish Theory to explore themes of displacement, identity, and resilience. By repurposing salvaged car door panels, fabric, and other metals, I create visual metaphors that speak to the Igbo experience of systemic exclusion, generational trauma, and cultural challenges. The exhibition and this…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2025-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0450347
language: eng
degree discipline: Visual Arts
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Roy-Bois, Samuel
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/92523