Bushwick artist creates works inspired by Boko Haram-kidnapped girls
Bushwick artist Mary Mihelic is in the process of creating 53 artworks inspired by the courage of the 53 girls who escaped the Boko Haram by running for their lives during an attack at their school. CNN reported Thursday that Nigeria’s Defense Ministry said Nigerian forces battling the Islamist terror group Boko Haram have killed a man suspected of acting as the group’s leader.
The term “boko haram” means “education is a sin,” and the group believes that women should not be educated.
Some of Mihelic’s 53 artworks incorporate text art and are setup as a book, symbolizing western education. Others include imagery of the terrorists, churches burning, schoolgirls hiding in the landscape and running shoe tread marks.