Nigerian contemporary art booms and prices soar

Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu's work entitled 'Tutu' - the African Mona Lisa -- was one of the works that captured the emergence of Nigeria's art market. [AFP]

First there was Tutu, the "African Mona Lisa" sold last year for 1.5 million dollars. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October, for 1.4 million dollars.

Both record sales of famous works by the late "father of African modernism", captured the emergence of Nigeria's art market.