Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'.

In figurative and dynamic paintings, Peter Uka depicts the scenes of his childhood in Nigeria.

Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti was a Nigerian hero, a political insurrectionist – and had 27 wives. He was meant to be a doctor, an upstanding member of Nigeria's elite like his father, an Anglican pastor who had founded the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and his mother, an aristocrat, nationalist and fiery feminist who had won the Lenin peace prize.

Inspired by a profound love of music, the Cologne-based artist depicts detailed scenes of dance and everyday life.The familial influence is stronger than some might think. Peter Uka, an artist born in Nigeria and currently based in Cologne, Germany, grew up surrounded by creativity.

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THE CLOTH CROWN

The multidisciplinary creative director Faou Biera and photographer Ashley Rottjers have brought the past to the present with their visual essay “Clown crown from cloth”

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