[1] Professor of Art and African-American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Oguibe is a senior fellow of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New York City, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

[6] Born on 14 October 1964 in Aba, Nigeria,[5] He received his first artistic experience from his father who was known to be a preacher, a former school teacher, a wood sculptor, and a sign painter.

The concrete obelisk, inscribed in gold with a verse from Matthew 25:35, "I was a stranger and you took me in," in German, English, Arabic, and Turkish, was designed for Königsplatz (King’s Square) in Kassel.

[12] The Time Capsule was also another artwork that was done by Oguibe from which both works mentioned were conceived during a refugee crisis happening during the year 2014 and 2015.

In 1995, Oguibe moved to the United States and taught briefly at the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois.

He has served as advisor for the Dakar, Johannesburg, and Havana biennials and as critic-in-residence at the Art Omi International artists’ residency.