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1. When you graduate from school and realise your village is no longer your size.
“I was made for bigger things.”
2. So you pack your bags and move to Lagos.
As per the happening place in Lagos
3. How your mother prays for you when you’re about to leave home.
She will now bathe you with annointing oil.
4. How you shine teeth with everybody.
I have arrived oh!
5. When you’re nice to the conductor and he carries your change:
Na wa oh!
6. When you ask for cheap accommodation and they carry you to Sango-Ota
Kuku take me back to my village.
7. After Lagos agents have dealt with you:
Na wa oh!
8. When you find out how expensive food is:
“I like fasting anyway”.
9. When you meet your village brother and he ends up cheating you.
No loyalty in the jungle oh!
10. When your village people ask why you’ve been avoiding them.
I’m not coming home till I hammer!
11. When you just want to buy pure water but end up sleeping in traffic.
Na wa for this city!
12. When you close your eye in a danfo and wake up in Ikorodu.
AH!
13. After all the wahala, the most important thing you’ve learnt:
Never forget!
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In Europe, Italy to be precise, they are commonly seen as the ones who peddle trinkets and bags on the corner, but never in designer suits.
Wale oyejide, the creative director and brains behind Philadephia-based African fashion brand, Ikire Jones, is also an Afrobeats musician, writer and attorney.
Being an immigrant himself, the Nigerian-born designer began his journey into the fashion industry as part of a personal creative evolution.
Without any formal education in fashion, his designs are sometimes inspired by Kanye Wests’ lyrics and the latest collection from Ikire Jones is themed ‘After Immigration’.
The West African models and asylum seekers, Abdoulay, Gitteh and Madi were scouted from a local settlement organization that houses asylum seekers.
The collection seeks to portray African Immigrants as real and employable people with stories like every other human.
In contrast to popular African-themed fashion editorials where the models are impoverished and posing in a sad background, these models were dressed up in really cool suits in the streets of Florence, Italy to portray their elegant side.
‘After Immigration’ also aims to tackle the lack of diversity and black models in high end fashion by proving that men like Abdoulay and his friends can be found in many parts of the world.
The models were also featured when the collection was displayed in Italy’s Pitti Uomo Fashion show.
This editorial shoot shows the many holes in not only the fashion world but also immigration policies.
All Ikire Jones pieces can be shopped here: www.Ikirejones.com
Check out their Twitter page for more interesting photos: @IkireJones
