In her body of work Flags of Unsung Countries, Regina-born, Toronto-based artist Liz Ikiriko uses photography to map a path of the African diaspora through her father’s journey from Nigeria to the Canadian Prairies, examining his challenges as an immigrant living with mental illness. Ikiriko’s work centres on ideas of family and belonging, and how the sense of loss and desire for homeland can conflict with creating a new one. Flags of Unsung Countries is also a reflection of the artist’s own sense of in-betweenness and search for her place as a biracial woman. The juxtaposition of photographs of Nigeria and Canada serve as a reminder that both locations and their histories are a part of her person.