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Michelle Ejiro
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Morravey’s Journey To Long-Lasting Fame Is Just Beginning
Following her breakout through a hit feature on Davido’s Timeless album, Morravey ushers us into her…
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Genealogy of Craftmanship: Inside Ilorin’s Decades-Old Community of Craftspeople
Growing up in Ilorin, a distinct culture I noticed was the connection between family names and the p…
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Yasmine Fofana’s Solution to Abidjan’s Online Food Information Problem
Yasmine Fofana obtained a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a focus on internation…
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Ogranya Uses Music as an Outlet to Vocalise Emotions
Born into a musically inclined family, singer, songwriter and performing artist Ogranya followed the…
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Eghosa Omoruyi Shares His Top Fine Art Photography Hacks
Eghosa Omoruyi’s Renaissance photographs imitate real-life paintings with a mix of classical appeara…
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The Creative Diary of a Photographer Aiming to Redefine the Image of the African Child
The misrepresentation of Africa has become a pressing issue, affecting Africa’s imagery around the g…
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Introverted Celebrity DJ Kiss Loves the Party’s Loud Music but Hates the City’s Noise
Ajayi Abimbola popularly known as Celebrity DJ Kiss is a Nigerian disk jockey, born in Lagos Nigeria…
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Jacqueline Suowari on Traversing the Barriers to Creative Success
Jacqueline Suowari’s love for art sprouted as early as age 5 and was encouraged by her family and Za…
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Uchenna Nnabugwu’s Diary: Juggling Family Duties with Multiplatform Content Creation
Uchenna Nnabugwu, also known as Your Favourite Igbo Boy is a content creator, booktoker and bookstag…
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Perliks is Not Afraid to Embrace Unconventionality
Abdulrasaq Adebayo Babalola popularly known by his production name, A Perliks Definition, forged int…
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Iman Hassan’s Diary: This Visual Artist Enjoys Teaching Arts and Crafts
After finding her style and being satisfactorily driven into a passionate job during the 2022 ASUU s…
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The 1HUNDRED Collection Is Sloane Angelou’s Representation Of Nature’s Morphology
The 1HUNDRED collection, originally inspired by Sloane Angelou’s reflection of the many ways God’s n…
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Muyiwa Akhigbe’s Diary: “If I don’t make music, I’ll die.”
The protean creative, Muyiwa Akhigbe is an art director, singer, visual artist and the cofounder of …
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Aanuoluwa Ajide-Daniels’ Diary: The Beauty Boy’s Hack to Success is Uniqueness
Beauty is said to lie in the eyes of the beholder, but for works created by the versatile Beauty Boy…
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Dieko Lawore’s Diary: This Fashion Illustrator Watches Anime to Concentrate While Working
Dieko Lawore, is a fashion designer and illustrator who creates 3D fashion art for pre-production, a…
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Edward’s Diary: Meet the Barber Who Rates His Job 100/10
Featured on this episode of the Creative Diary is a barber and content creator from Lagos, Nigeria. …
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Visual Artist Yusuf Mubaraq Runs Us Through His Typical Day as a Creative
Yusuf Mubaraq is a self-taught visual artist from Nigeria. His works have been exhibited virtually w…
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How Sunmisola Olorunnisola is using Nude Art to Desexualise Female Bodies
Nudity is sternly frowned upon in conservative societies, and it’s no different in Nigeria, on…
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Ibejii: The New Alté King
Ibejii sat down with The Moveee to talk about his music and his recent win at The Headies.
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Is Queerness a Catalyst for Creativity?
According to World Population Review, Nigeria ranks first on the list of most violently homophobic c…
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First Mover Significance and the Ingenuity of New Adopters in African Creative Industry
Stories have origins, but what converts them to history is the presence of continuous life. In biolo…
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Muhsin Kari — Navigating the almost non-existent Nigerian woodwork industry
Navigating the Nigerian woodwork industry is synonymous to surviving in a desert. This can be very t…