#BringBackOurGirls was created by Sandra Jean Ceas out of empathy for the Nigerian parents separated from daughters kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014. The girls were taken from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, a school built by the Church of the Brethren. Many of the girls are members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria. Two hundred and seventy-six tiny dresses represent each girl who was kidnapped by the Islamist extremists, symbolized by the circular pattern generated from the Islamic motif in the center. Fifty-seven girls escaped, as illustrated in the random breakout of uniforms. Underlying the visual symmetry is a loud silence of despair.
This art print version is 24"h x 36"w.
