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

Ojuju calaba, ori eja lo ma’nje  
Ati paper, ori eja lo ma’nje  
Ati biro, ori eja lo ma’nje  
  
Ojuju.  
Spirited children run amok  
on dust raised streets of Lagos  
Faces shining with glee as they sing  
And clap in pursuit of the Egungun  
  
Teasing as close as the masquerades canes can reach  
And running off squealing in delight  
Distended bellies shine bright in the midday sun  
As offerings of puff puff fills the hands and mouths of youth  
  
Ojuju dance!  
ojuju spin!  
Ojuju jump around and flip  
Ojuju makes the children sing  
Ojuju whose feet is made of sticks  
Ojuju adorned in robes of silk  
Ojuju crack and snap your whip  
Ojuju, ojuju, ojuju

Ojuju #60

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