In Yoruba culture, Akogun symbolizes the warrior, yet the true battle often unfolds within. Akogun II The
Warrior Within explores quiet resilience, depicting a lone, abstract figure emerging boldly against a luminous
blue background.
The figure’s exaggerated, textured head suggests complexity of thought, while the explosion of deep greens and
splattered forms evoke both chaos and rebirth, the unseen struggles beneath our surfaces. Delicate butterflies
hover nearby, symbolizing transformation and fleeting freedom, reminding us that even warriors carry fragility.
This composition reflects the tension between vulnerability and strength, solitude and connection sometimes
courage is beyond physical battles, but the emotional and spiritual spaces we inhabit.
