Lemi Ghariokwu

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  • LEMI GHARIOKWU & FELA’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP LESSON – EINSTEINETTE

    LEMI GHARIOKWU & FELA’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP LESSON – EINSTEINETTE

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    I met Lemi Ghariokwu during an interview, organized by Nubia Africa at Kalakuta Republic. I’d put the interview after the post. It was amazing. I had heard of all the things Lemi had done and I expected to see a different man, anything else but the man I saw. He was humble, playful and above all,…

  • VALUE

    VALUE

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    There is nothing as amazing as being of value to people and the world, in a way that is not selfish but out of love. Value is a strong force that has a ripple effect. Whatever talent, what ever gift, what ever skill you have, use it to add value, whether or not you are…

  • #INDLU WITH LEMI GHARIOKWU – Nubia Africa

    #INDLU WITH LEMI GHARIOKWU – Nubia Africa

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    Lemi Ghariokwu is one of the proponents of the Pan-African course. A soldier of the art and the man behind the Art covers of the Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Lemi has also done cover art for various iconic musicians all over the world like Micheal Jackson, Bob Marley, Mariah Carey, Lucky Dube, Tuface Idibia,…

  • BALANCE

    BALANCE

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    The world is constantly evolving, what was new yesterday can become obsolete in the twinkle of an eye. There is just no chill. I have learned that to stay relevant you also have to evolve, you cannot be stuck in archaic ways and expect the world to come back to you.

  • A DYNASTY OF ALBUM COVER ART – GRANTA

    A DYNASTY OF ALBUM COVER ART – GRANTA

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    As a youngster and aspiring artist in the early 1970s, I learnt a lot from attending art exhibitions and visiting private studios and galleries in Lagos. It was a ritual for me to flip through newspapers eagerly to check out the cartoon page where the artists reign supreme with their take on socio-political issues in…

  • I AM NOT BLACK

    I AM NOT BLACK

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    My name is Lemi Ghariokwu and I am not black. I am an African. I do not call Indians brown or the Chinese pale yellow or any colour for that matter. Why then should I be seen as ‘A Black Man’?. I am not BLACK.

  • AN ARTIST’S CHRONICLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS – Thisday Live

    AN ARTIST’S CHRONICLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS – Thisday Live

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    August 2 is remembered annually as the day the great Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, died.  His ideological influence in world music and visual art was at the core of a two-hour chat with renowned artist, Lemi Ghariokwu. Yinka Olatunbosun reports

  • REVOLUTION VS. EVOLUTION

    REVOLUTION VS. EVOLUTION

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    I found this post based on one of the interviews I once had and it totally reflects my idea of revolution and evolution. It also goes a long way to tell my story of evolution in the art world and in the world generally:

  • HOW I DESIGNED FELA KUTI’S ICONIC ALBUM COVERS – CNN

    HOW I DESIGNED FELA KUTI’S ICONIC ALBUM COVERS – CNN

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    Back in 1973, Lemi Ghariokwu was straight out of secondary school, spending his ample free time giving himself drawing assignments and making portraits for people in his neighborhood. Martial arts action film “Enter the Dragon,” starring Bruce Lee, was a big hit at the time, and Ghariokwu was asked by a local bar owner to…

  • MY NAME IS LEMI GHARIOKWU

    MY NAME IS LEMI GHARIOKWU

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    You know me now as Lemi Ghariokwu but it wasn’t always my name. When I was born my parents looked at me and with the utmost joy named me ‘Emmanuel’ meaning ‘God with Us’. I grew up identifying that name as mine. Every time I heard ‘Emmanuel’ or ‘Emmanuel Sunday’ my neck turned in that…