Author: Obamidele

Obamidele is the managing editor of The Vex, and its founder.

Binya

Binyavanga Wainaina Binyavanga Wainaina was the founding editor of Kwani?, a leading African literary magazine. He won the 2002 Caine Prize for African writing, and has written for Vanity Fair, Granta and the New York Times. He passed away in 2019 in Nairobi at the age of 48. Sourced from Granta

RFK

Rotimi Fani-Kayode was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a prominent Yoruba family before moving to England following the 1966 outbreak of civil war in Nigeria. He later studied at Georgetown University and the Pratt Institute in the USA, before settling permanently in London in 1983 where he lived and worked until his early death from… Continue reading RFK

Omowa Distributed Archival Policy

The items in question: Have a connection to recorded, registered or remarkable public life – that is the subject, producer of the item is either a marked public figure by (Conquest, Election, Noteworthy Award, or Seminal Work) They are Black African and have a connection to the African Continent The item is useful or valuable… Continue reading Omowa Distributed Archival Policy

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Omole: Iyabadan-Baba’kiti – Oyo, Naija Omobo: Ilu Geesi, London, UK Ilewosan: Kings College Hospital/ Ilewosan-Ajoka-Oba Ogba-Odun: 80s Ni Odun Oluwa: 1980 Odun: 1980 Igba-Odun: November Ojubo Aso Lajo/Social Market Masque: Emidelemeji Ojukufoti: Dele Meiji Or(o)sabilashe: Oyetundelere Idejobi: UK: Lambeth Nigeria: Ibadankiti (Omoyo) Alma Maters: Akaba: SOAS Akama: City University Ashiri: Opo

F.O.C.Collection

Fatunla Obamidele Countrycaine Collection (F.O.C.Collection) Contrycaine Collection Black and White Photograph, Sunny Ade in concert at London’s South Bank Centre, early 2000s, taken by Dele Fatunla Color Photograph, the writer, Dele Fatunla, pictured at 10 years old in presence of his mother, Mrs. F.N. Fatunla nee Adesina, during the marking of his 10th birthday, Lagos,… Continue reading F.O.C.Collection