a picture showing moyo okediji at the akodi orisha

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What the Àkòdì Orisa artists did’nt know

What the Àkòdì Orisa artists did’nt know

ByMoyo Okediji

The Àkòdì Orisa artists did not know how to design textiles when they joined the center.

So, the first thing they did was to produce their own uniforms. We took them through the process of designing and making their uniforms, as the picture here shows

19 years

19 years

ByMoyo Okediji

I was 19 years old in 1975 and an undergraduate studying painting at the University of Ife when my friend, Augusta Akusu-Ossai, took this picture of me.

The attire I’m wearing in the picture is typical of what I always wore in those days: a long adire (batik) top that I designed and sewed myself, and the baggy pants of that era.

a picture showing moyo okediji poised for the camera

I now pronounce you husband and wife.

ByMoyo Okediji

‘I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now remove your corona masks and kiss.”

It must be so hard to be a dater now, with your libido on fire.

How are these young folks expected to cope now, in the era of corona?

Or are we now all reduced to just online dating, exchanging emojis and gifs?

a picture showing moyo okediji standing next to a summer hut

Disappointments can be a blessing.

ByMoyo Okediji

Disappointments can be a blessing.

If Nigeria had not disappointed me, I would not be in Ghana now.

But because the political situation in Nigeria has dampened my spirit with the killing of thousands of people, the daily abduction of ordinary citizens, the lawlessness and lack of judicial repercussion for those who plunder the coffer of the country, I have started shifting my gaze away from Nigeria, and started looking at other African countries for a place to vacation, invest and create.

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