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All these hairstyles are ephemeral. I want my photographs to be noteworthy traces of them.

— J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere

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To watch a hair artist going through his precise gestures, like an artist making a sculpture, is fascinating.

I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life. Without art, life would be frozen.

The state has never really cared about the arts here and, although we have many people who are very rich, we also lack good private institutions for the promotions of the arts.

We had so many dreams at the time. We thought a country so rich in natural resources could really go ahead on its own. But our dreams were shattered by tribalism.

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