Masked is a fusion of art, poetry, music, chant and movement, performed by contemporary creatives from Africa resulting in 100 distinct expressions imbued with deep cultural meanings transcending human generations.

The collection is a collaboration between 1 Artist and 15 poets, resulting in 100 NFTs steeped in the cultures of Africa, its history and in the world’s present. The NFTs are hand drawn, digitally painted & animated illustrations reminiscent of and inspired by the age long curvilinear 'Uli' art form of Igbo ethnicity from Africa. 

The collections art is a visual expression of lines and colours couched in revolving layers of subliminal performance. It is a renaissance of an art expression that has always been part of the artists composition and mandate. 

Masked re-imagines and presents the mask-wearing culture found across Africa to a larger audience: the Web3 space.

Masked Culture

How your beauty matched your bravery,  
Moremi, deliverer of Ile-Ife,  
When the Ugbo people wore forage as battle gear and spoke a magical tongue,  
When they took our bravest warriors in battles and our strongest archers in war,  
You made true the word of our elders,  
Wisdom trumps physical strength, always,  
You went as a slave, became a queen,  
Turned our fortune around,  
Made us conquerors,  
Sacrificed your most prized possession to the river,  
Today, we call your name in prayer,  
Abiyamo, gbe wa.

Moremi Ajasoro #17

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