UNRAVELLING NIGERIA

Meandering through the maze that is Balogun Market with my friend and a guide to ensure we didn’t get lost, one can see why this market is a favorite among Lagosians. Touted as the best market in Lagos Island to find fabrics, shoes, jewelry and all things fashionable, the traders happily sit in their stalls calling out or waiting for their next customers. At the sight of a camera, they were all too happy to ask for their pictures to be taken, pose and request that their pictu

After lunch at Johnny Rockets, my friend took me to a store called Iconola and I decided I would do a quick and short spotlight post on them. It’s a ready to wear store in Nigeria by Nigerians and apparently was the first of its kind when it started in 2003. Its aim is to sell clothes which promote the African fabric and also promotes Nigerian designs by showing it can compete with foreign designers. It’s a little fuss free shop that is located in Lekki. Unfortunately, at the

Remember when I said Nike Art Gallery is amazing? Here’s a quick to post to show you another reason why. They have a cafe which I showed here and a clothing store also called the wearable art gallery. It is owned by Queen Ahneva Ahneva (so good she had to say it twice), while the cafe is jointly owned by her and Mummy Nike. The wearable art gallery is right at the back. You can either walk through the art gallery pr go through the sides (they are in the same compound). Entran