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I finally took the time to edit my photos from my

I finally took the time to edit my photos from my Bournemouth trip 6 months ago😅

The pandemic has given me the chance to stay still for the past 2 years and while it's been tough, there's been many lessons and savings from not galavanting all over the world🤣

Have you been exploring new places in the UK?

#travelbug #bournemouth #beachesUK #happybunny #travellite

Days like these are for reflecting on the women wh

Days like these are for reflecting on the women who came before to pave the way and for celebrating those who continue to do so in a tumultuous world.

Nothing we do is by own strength or drive alone. The fact that I'm able to pursue my passions so fiercely is because of the women who fought to make it so.

We're by no means there yet, but I'm grateful for the now.

The last slide by @judicaelle_irakoze is so apt👌🏾

Happy #internationalwomensday ✨

Happy #WorldBookDay 🎉 It still feels incredibl

Happy #WorldBookDay 🎉

It still feels incredible whenever I'm asked about #TheReturnees

19 months later, and I'm proud I stuck through all the hardships to make it a reality.

I'll be completing my second novel in a couple of weeks and can't wait to introduce my newest character. She's a complicated one. The kind of woman we've all most likely seen, but never think much about. ✨

The Returnees is available on audible and other audiobook platforms 💕

It's been 18 months since The Returnees was publis

It's been 18 months since The Returnees was published and it still feels wonderful being interviewed about it.

If you've still not caught me live discussing everything about the book, my creative journey and future projects, now's your chance to.

I'll be live with the wonderful people @wbc_libraries next Tuesday 22 February at 7pm.

Email libraries@wokingham.gov.uk to reserve a ticket✨

#TheReturnees #AuthorDiaries #livereading #IAmWriting

For all the hopes and dreams I had of my visual ar

For all the hopes and dreams I had of my visual art going places, I never imagined it would be one day screened at a cinema.

This incredible thing happened on Tuesday thanks to @chinweart who had the brilliant vision to bring 17 Black female artists together.

I'm thrilled, yet not fully caught up that this has happened.

I'm grateful and ecstatic that I took the leap to pursue my curiosity. And I'm looking forward to the many places this journey will take me!

Thanks to @everyman_broadgate
@aceagrams ✨

#blackwomanart #londonphotographer #ileke #thepowerofawoman

Whenever I'm asked about my photography journey, i

Whenever I'm asked about my photography journey, it always starts with my writing journey because it's through writing I discovered the joy of storytelling.
And through this discovery that I made the decision to become a visual artist.

At the start, photography was simply a medium to quickly tell the stories I wanted to share about my identity that writing was taking too long to accomplish.

That's how African Diasporan (image 3) was born. Writing my debut novel had taken ages and I wanted a medium that would allow me timely celebrate the acceptance of Nigerian culture in the diaspora as this wasn't always the case. I used the Nikon D3100 which was my first DSLR camera.

And then when I discovered the story of Lilian Bader (image 2), one of the first Black women to join the British Airforce during WW2, I was honoured to document her story and celebrate her achievement of becoming a Leading Aircraft woman in a racist institution.

In early 2018, I had a vision of a woman dancing wearing only red waist beads and a few months later, I presented it for a commissioned exhibition in Athens. Titled Ileke, the project was a celebration of the sensuality and strength on Black women.

At the time, I hadn't known that a year later, I'd be specialising in boudoir (image 1) to empower women from different backgrounds.

The most important thing for me throughout this journey, no matter what genre of photography I utilise, is that I use my work to inspire and celebrate Black women, while telling our nuanced stories.

I'm entering this competition as it will enable me to take my visual storytelling to new heights.

#BWPxNikon #NikonZ7ii @blackwomenphotographers @nikonusa

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