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✨ “A truly graceful moment at the ATBU Bauchi Campus Tour — presenting my portrait to ‪@GaiseBaba‬and sharing a powerful handshake on stage. This experience was more than an honor; it was a push, a reminder of the strength and inspiration that art and music can bring together. Grateful for this encounter 🙏.”

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✨ “A truly graceful moment at the ATBU Bauchi Campus Tour — presenting my portrait to Gaise Baba and sharing a powerful handshake on stage. This experience was more than an honor; it was a push, a reminder of the strength and inspiration that art and music can bring together. Grateful for this encounter 🙏.”

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✨🎨 Voice of the Voiceless 🖤

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This portrait is more than a drawing.
It’s a loud cry from silent souls, a reflection of strength in the face of suppression.

In the center stands Very Dark Man (VDM) — a man who's unafraid to speak when others stay silent.
🔇💵 A torn dollar note tries to muzzle his voice — but truth breaks through the tear. His words continue, loud and clear.

🧒🏾 Around him are the heads of orphaned children — symbolizing the forgotten, the abandoned, and the voiceless.

🖤 Drawn in black and white, this piece brings raw emotion to the surface.
📄 Hand-drawn on full cardboard sheet — every line carries meaning, every shade tells a story.

Art can’t change the world, but it can spark the minds that will.
This is my voice. This is our voice. This is the Voice of the Voiceless.

#VoiceOfTheVoiceless #VeryDarkMan #TMArt #ArtForChange #PencilArt #BlackAndWhiteArt #RealismDrawing #OrphanVoices #SocialJusticeArt #YouCantSilenceTruth #ArtSpeaksLouder #AfricanArtists #SpeakUp ‪@Verydarkblackman‬ ‪@lifestyles_no1‬

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🖤 You Can’t Silence the Voice of the Voiceless 🕊️

A Symbolic Resistance. A Visual Outcry. A Tribute to Unshaken Truth.

This monochromatic portrait is a bold declaration—an artistic defiance against the forces that seek to suppress justice, silence truth, and erase the cries of the forgotten.

At the center of the piece stands Very Dark Man (VDM), rendered in stark tones of black and white—a man whose presence radiates power, resilience, and unwavering resolve. His mouth is forcibly bound by a torn dollar note 💵, representing how wealth, influence, and corruption are often used as tools to silence voices that speak uncomfortable truths. Yet, from the center of that note emerges a tear—an intentional rupture—symbolizing that truth cannot be silenced, not even by the most seductive of bribes or threats. From within that opening, his voice still rises—bold, unfiltered, and relentless 🔊🔥.

Surrounding him are the solemn, haunting heads of orphans 👶🏾👧🏽🧒🏿—symbolic of the voiceless, the neglected, and the dispossessed. These innocent faces reflect the silent pain of those abandoned by systems meant to protect them. Their presence reinforces the message that VDM is not just a man—he is a movement, a megaphone for the muted, a defender of those the world has forgotten.

This portrait challenges the viewer to confront the uncomfortable:
🔸 What happens when money is weaponized to suppress truth?
🔸 Who speaks for the unseen, the unheard, and the unloved?
🔸 What does it mean to be a voice in a world that rewards silence?

The title, “You Can’t Silence the Voice of the Voiceless”, is not just a name—it is a prophecy, a warning, and a call to action. It speaks to the indomitable spirit of those who choose to stand when it’s safer to sit, who choose to speak when it’s easier to stay quiet.

Executed on a full cardboard sheet in evocative black and white tones, this artwork becomes a monument of moral courage. It is a visual poem—unapologetically raw, deeply emotional, and socially conscious. Every line, every shadow, every tear in the dollar note is deliberate, urging the observer to not just look, but to listen—to the pain, to the purpose, to the people.

🕊️ Because no matter how hard they try… the voice of the voiceless will never be silenced.

‪@Verydarkblackman‬ ‪@lifestyles_no1‬ ‪@opuehlord‬ ‪@opuehlord‬ ‪@Verydarkman113‬