Eighty rings strong
Papa Nnamdi Okoye
invites you to gather at the roots
Saturday, December 19, 2026
#PapaAt80
The Printing of the Tree
Keep scrolling. The printmaker lays each colour by hand.
The key block strikes first.
Green for the canopy, terracotta for the earth.
Pull the print. A life in full colour.
The Block Press
The carver cut one more block. The paper is waiting.
Tap to Pull the Print
The Living Print
Some prints refuse to dry. The leaves keep falling.
When an iroko stands this tall, the whole village gathers in its shade.
Until we gather at the tree
Four leaves from the canopy, each holding a number.
The Gathering at the Compound
The Okoye Family Compound
Ogidi, Anambra State
12:00 PM
The Print Series
A numbered edition of the moments that matter.
I of III
II of III
III of III
The Order of the Day
Branch by branch, the day unfolds.
10:00 AM
Thanksgiving Service
St. Mark’s, Ogidi
12:00 PM
Arrival at the Compound
Kola and palm wine
1:00 PM
The Feast
Every daughter-in-law cooked
3:00 PM
Tributes Under the Tree
Eighty years, spoken aloud
4:30 PM
Family Photo & Dancing
RSVP
Will you sit with us in the shade?
Grandpa has one chair under the ube tree and forty years of stories that start when you sit in the one beside it. For his eightieth, we are putting out every chair the village can lend. Come and take one.
From the Grandchildren
Colours of the Day
The printmaker mixed one tin per colour.
Forest Green
Terracotta
Harvest Ochre