Author: Titilayo Oladapo-Ariyo

[rev_slider alias="discarded-1" slidertitle="REBEL (POISED) "][/rev_slider]In this playful and fun editorial, Brampton based photographer Janice Reid was inspired by rebellion, 90s fashion, and punk aesthetics. /*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Creative CreditsPhotographer: Janice Reid / @janice.reidStylist: Queenetteolu / @queenetteoluStylist Assistant: Naomi’s Art /...

[rev_slider alias="visual-story-absorption-1" slidertitle="IDAKEJI"][/rev_slider] /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} “IDAKEJI, the word means opposite in Yoruba, one of the major languages in Nigeria. We live in a country where marching to the beat of your own drum is frowned upon because you...

[rev_slider alias="my-ghosts-at-the-shores-of-badagry-1-1-1-1" slidertitle="Visual Story: ABSORPTION"][/rev_slider] /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}In the words of the artist “What is black?Historically, it has been the symbolic colour of dignity and authority, and for this reason, is still commonly worn by judges.Fashionably, it...

[rev_slider alias="my-ghosts-at-the-shores-of-badagry-1-1-1" slidertitle="Rise In Light"][/rev_slider]Alton Mason in collaboration with creative platform Melanin Unscripted has released the short film and social impact campaign “Rise in Light” with an aim to shed light on one of the darkest corners of the world, and provide relief to children...

[rev_slider alias="my-ghosts-at-the-shores-of-badagry-1-1" slidertitle="Artist Features | DAP The Contract – Powers"][/rev_slider]Uber talented Nigerian rapper in diaspora, DAP THE CONTRACT, produced, wrote and recorded this amazing new project “Powers Vol 1”. Weaving cultural references, the project reflects a fine juxtaposition of classical and trap music.In the single,...

[rev_slider alias="page-boy-11-1-1" slidertitle="Sakhile Cebekhulu: Bantu Odyssey ’19"][/rev_slider]Bantu Space Odyssey is a capsule collection based on the fictional story of Bantu Bekindlela Mkhonazi, an African Space traveller inspired by Muzi’s track: Bantu Space Odyssey on his Afrovision Album. Story conceptualized by SASHBantu Space Odyssey It’s the year 2076,...

[rev_slider alias="page-boy-11" slidertitle="Orange Culture School of Rejects '17"][/rev_slider] Creative CreditsBrand: OrangeCulture EXPLORE MORE STORIES HERE 28OctMUMUILAStories By Her / Visual Stories 25OctEMBAJADAVisual Stories 21OctNYEUSEVisual Stories 18OctBoundless PassageVisual Stories 14OctUNTITLEDStories By Her / Visual Stories 11OctThe KYF! Invitational featuring Seydou...

[rev_slider alias="the-cunning-1-1-1-1" slidertitle="Page Boy"][/rev_slider] /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} If I stayed too long in 1975, maybe I would forget too soon what the carnation revolution felt like…. opening doors and serving rich white guests as they spilt secrets about a...

[rev_slider alias="page-boy-11-1" slidertitle="My Ghosts at the Shores of Badagry"][/rev_slider] /*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} My ghosts are not gone, they come hereand make jokes with the waves about the life I liveCarelessly twisting the beautiful midnight tunes, that help my gentle...