Category: The Press
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‘I Believe Fela Should Have Done Things Differently’
Lemi is a self-taught artist who met Fela at the age of 18. In all, he designed 26 album covers for the Afrobeat legend.
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Behind the Artwork of Fela Kuti
Everybody Say “Yeah Yeah” 😍 During ADE, #felabration2018, life and music of Fela Kuti hosts a lively discussion between DJ and scholar @richmedina Rich and legendary Nigerian afro, popart artist, illustrator and designer, Lemi Ghariokwu who is most renowned for providing many of the #original #cover #images for the recordings of #afrobeat founder Fela Kuti.…
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Divine Collaboration: on Lemi Ghariokwu, Fela Kuti and tumultuous, creative love
“You know I told you – when we talk, I can talk,” Lemi Ghariokwu said, laughing. “I learnt that from Kalakuta, from Fela.” Ghariokwu is a visual artist most famous for his work with Fela Kuti, the iconic Nigerian Afrobeat singer. Ghariokwu designed the cover art for 29 out of Kuti’s 56 albums; the musician…
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I REMEMBER BY JIBOLA FAGBEMI
I remember the first time I met Lemi Ghariokwu. I was in high school, way back in 1997, and my dad had helped me publish my first comic book called – Panther Assault (I was a teenager that watched too many macho Van Damme and Stallone movies. Now, picture the comic :)).
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INDLU WITH LEMI GHARIOKWU 2 – NUBIA AFRICA
Lemi has told us about his life and how he met Fela in the first part of the Interview. In this second part, Lemi tells us more about his artistic movement and all that makes him Lemi. Let the video speak:
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LEMI GHARIOKWU & FELA’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP LESSON – EINSTEINETTE
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,…
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#INDLU WITH LEMI GHARIOKWU – Nubia Africa
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,…
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AN ARTIST’S CHRONICLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS – Thisday Live
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