Reading Kaye Whiteman's Lagos: A Cultural and Historical Companion

Profile: Kaye Whiteman

 Last week, 77 year-old Englishman Kaye Whiteman was in Lagos for a public presentation of his book Lagos: A Cultural and Historical Companion. During that trip he attended a session where Lagos' literati examined the issues presented in the book.

Having produced some of the images used in the book, I also attended and spoke about the choice of the cover photo.

The former editor of West African magazine spoke about the Lagos he experienced in the 1950s and 60s and the changes that have taken place today.

Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, Femke van Zeijl, Igoni Barrett & Victor Ehikhamenor

Tolu Ogunlesi, Van Zeijl, Deji Toye, Whiteman &Toni Kan

Ogunlesi, Whiteman & Lolade Adewuyi

Watching Ehikhamenor

This lady was so into some of Victor Ehikhamenor's female visions during the exhibition opening. Victor is also a photographer and creative director of NEXT, the newspaper that's trying to change the way news is reported in Nigeria these days.

Victor Ehikhamenor's Art

Victor Ehikhamenor

On Sunday, Victor Ehikhamenor opened his first solo exhibition (since his return last year after a 15 year sojourn in the US) Mirrors and Mirages at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island. It is a collection of works done in acrylic on canvas, oil on canvas, found art, paint, ink and pen. One of the works that moved me the most is that titled Power play- I better pass my neighbour where he uses the installation of a small power generating set to defamiliarise the serious power shortage that afflicts the Nigerian society.