High fashion but from an African point of view. 24-year-old Photographer and Stylist Stephen Tayo celebrates the beauty in the everyday. He helps the viewer of his art see the most mundane events in a different way – seeing the high fashion in a group of Nigerian women headed to church in matchinggelesor in boys …
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Dotun Popo is a professional Nigerian Sculptor and artist who makes art out of scrap metals. The talented artist began his professional training at the Obafemi Awolowo University (popularly called OAU), where he graduated as the best overall student in his department. At the university, he studied sculpture, before going on to attain a Masters’ …
Zamir (formerly known as Yung) is a Nigerian Rapper and Hip-Hop artiste who belonged to short-lived Hip-Hop boy band L.O.S. (Loud on Sound). In 2011, the band released its debut singles titled Magic featuring Skank. The boy band was made up of four members with Zamir regarded as the frontman. During the boy band period. …
Lady Donli (born Zainab Donli) is a Neo-soul artist whose music style weaves in neo-soul, RnB, bits of Hip Hop and a sprinkle of alternative jazz. She is currently putting Nigeria’s unique style of alternative music on the map and becoming increasingly popular among millennial audiences. With her 2016 and 2017 E.P.s – “Wallflower” and “Letters …
Dandelion Egho Eghosa is a 24-year-old photographer whose work gives us a fresh take on the intersection between photography and sexual identity as well as an opportunity to dissect and question stereotypes about various sexual groups in Nigeria. Her work essentially documents progressive periods in the changing social trajectory of gender, sex, sexuality and mental …
WafflesNCream is a skate collective and street wear label. Brought together by their love for BMX culture/clothing and skating, the label’s co-founders came together to create the ‘WAFFLESNCREAM’ community with its central location in Victoria Island, Lagos. It is since become a significant hub for creative young minds in Lagos. This community is made up …
Fisayo is a young Nigerian vlogger and video producer known mainly for being an expert on all things tech. He is also a graduate of economics from the University of Lagos. His specialty is in smartphones, gadgets and applications with a goal to build one of the most engaging tech communities in Nigeria. He is …
With laurels in writing commonwealth short stories for Vogue and Dazed Digital, Nigerian born Film Writer, Akwaeke Emezi’s style has earned recognition and rave reviews from top publications like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker. She identifies as a writer and a video artist. The Umuahia-born artist, whose concepts …
Jekein is a Lagos state born artist who grew up learning the art of poetry starting at a very young age. She grew up surrounded by art in various forms and in 2014, she joined the art market herself when she began selling her own artwork. Jekein’s paintings and poetic discipline is targeted at …
