Onyinye Ubah

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“I always wanted to be a medical doctor. As a teenager, every academic move I made was towards the medical field. I

I cannot remember the exact time but the first time I remember myself as an artist is when I was still a

It was a Wednesday evening I got an unexpected call from my client requesting to see some of the finished project he

Building a handmade jewelry business is not a walk in a park. It’s hard but it’s not impossible. I used to work

There has been this part of me that I always try to shut out from the rest of the world except in

Everywhere around the world, Nigerians are constantly making waves. In the world of creativity, Nigerians are not left out. It is practically

Makeup came into my life as a refuge and an escape. I was going through a lot that year and I just

The easiest way to catch my attention even when in a mammoth crowd is to wear a very attractive dress. Once you

I guess of lot of us African kids grew up watching Disney cartoons with no representation of us at all. We never

I grew up watching Television shows. I was a large consumer of T.V shows and media content as little as I was.

Culturally, Female genital mutilation in some parts of Nigeria is still being practiced. These women have little or no choice. In such

It was the first 6 months ASUU strike in 2013. One evening, I and my friends were having a conversation in the

In the beginning, whenever I introduced myself and my brand, most of people would laugh and ask me to confess that I buy

The sip and paint concept has been alive for almost a decade in the United States. I have been to several sessions

As much as I’d love to think travelling and experiencing different cultures was my idea. I grew up wanting to be my

I have always had an obsession with big brands. It amazes me how big brands like Nike and BMW have remained consistent.

I lost. I didn’t win. I made it to the first 50. Somehow, I couldn’t make it to the first 20. This

One day, I woke up and got fed up as an office manager. I became fed up with the routine job I

The fear of hunting made me think deeper of an escape route. The news I was hearing back home in Nigeria was

I wouldn’t know if there’s any correlation between architecture and fashion. Not so sure or maybe because I love drawing. That is

I was met with cheers, eyes of admiration and hands clapping at what they saw. The heavy applause alone was enough to

Unsure of what was ahead of me but I decided to make a move. I started the year 2010 with a lot

I have always lived in the land of the rising sun, the eastern part of Nigeria. Somehow, the thought of life after

Overtime, I don’t just see well-designed buildings as a mere physical structure. I see a defined piece of timeless art. If there

I didn’t plan it out. It all started as a hobby. I loved cooking and baking as a young little girl. As

I lived most of my childhood with my grandmother in Edo. She had some beads (corals) which were quite different from the

My notebook in primary school then was full of spider man drawings and would get into trouble a lot in class. Just

I sold books at bus parks, worked as a laborer at a building site, drove a bulldozer. What have I not done

You love yummy pictures of food, right? They make you suddenly go hungry and salivate? You are not wrong anyway. Unknowingly to

Just to correct something that many people always seem to confuse. I am an illustrator and not an animator. Animation involves moving

It began one day, quite unplanned. Thoughts began to spin in my head and then I tried to put those thoughts into

It all started in my secondary school days. Those were the days when Nokia 6212 was still trendy and the in-thing. So,

I own my creative space unapologetically. My creative space is my empire and I am the emperor. I direct the canvas and

You sit down with your hand supporting your jaw. In recent times, your pocket has been lying shamelessly to you all through

I would rather sit around sketching my fantasies than actually help do house chores. That was how indulged I was in my

Not in a million worlds would I ever think of having anything to do with papers. It was on one of those

Early this year, I was on my way to the Island. I joined one of those private cars that some men usually

My perception about photography changed right from the day I followed up a story about a lady with vesicovaginal fistula. It was

You cannot talk about Fortune Nwaeze without talking about her love for colours and creativity. I didn’t grow up wanting to be

I started balding badly due to the stress at work . Over time, I noticed the centre of my head was losing

Circa – 2018 Dear beautiful girl, My name is Onyinye. I am not 22. I’m not 23. I’m not even 24. Rumour

My resignation as a banker came as a shock to everyone around me. There was this yearning in me to do something

Oh yeah! These are all my breast milk! I call them my Liquid Gold. This is actually my second experience on exclusive

The very first time I gave a shot to the idea of providing weapon in a movie, I had never gone back

 My journey into beauty and imitation makeup started about five years ago. It was spontaneous because I have always being artistic and

I remember the memories of drawing cartoon characters, especially Mickey Mouse and Popeye. I was fond of using jumbo markers to create

As Africans, we are used to the traditional career path. So, waking up one morning to convince my parents that I was

I wanted to see more of myself. Not necessary myself as a person, but people who share some similarities with me in

The path I chose has brought me a lot of peace. It was something I genuinely enjoy doing. There were no push

I am a pharmacist but on the other hand, photography is an escape. It is one of those subtle ways to keep

In December 2016, I had a horrible incident. After that horrendous incident, I lost my voice. When I mean I lost my

It all started at about the age of 13. It was from there it progressed to where I am at the moment.

Take it or leave it, I have always been super creative since I was born. I started drawing when I was seven.

The atmosphere changed into a mild shock and surprises. The silence that lasted only a split second before their voices burst out

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to draw contents I see in Marvel comic books and popular animation characters.

At about the age of nine, I developed an interest in cooking. From when I was a little girl, I could be

I have always wanted to be world famous. I always held that picture in my mind where I would stand in front

I am a helpless lover of chocolates. In time, I decided to bring the chocolatey experience into skin care. Right from way

Eureka! That is the shout I give when I find a shot that is not common to human perception. Whenever, I hold

On one certain day, I was standing close to a house that was demolished. Everyone around me brought out their phones to

Would it be an exaggeration to say that I have baking all my life? Can I ever stop talking about how baking

I had always desired a kind of photography that transcends the era of just clicks and lights. My exploration into the photography

My journey into photography started after a little competition where I submitted a picture of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos in

My childhood years were characterised by watching lots of cartoons and reading comics by Stan Lee and other writers. It was at

“Go and read your books and stop drawing…” That should be the title of a book about myself if I should write

I came into the fashion industry by coincidence. I came to Ghana when I was 17 as a football player. Funnily, I

In the beginning, I started with painting before going into photography. I joined an art school in 2006. Later I was introduced

                                               My mother was a lithographer. I guess I shared the blood of creativity with her. I started drawing at the age

                                     Focusing on children photography did not start overnight. I was desperately looking for a fall back option or an aside venture

With an educational background in Fine art, it is easy to say that photography and fine art are related. I didn’t become

   I decided to take up photography after seeing how the western world was constantly portraying Africa in the negative, especially in

The veil of her innocence is torn into two,From the topmost to the tail end of her precious white lace,Like the temple

ROAR I died a thousand times at the mere thought of them.The blinding pool of light swarming around me did not help

Meet my new friend, Zita. She is one of the most beautiful humans I’ve met in 2018. Last Friday was her mom’s

One of the most memorable events in life are the ones that we never planned for. On that Sunday morning, there was

Facebook just asked me what’s on my mind and the only thing that came to my mind was my weekend and my

Dust danced in the air, erasing every available moist in the atmosphere. The unsettled dust in the atmosphere was a replica of

One of the most interesting television soap operas of the 90s on NTA for me was Touched By An Angel. It was

…With tears in my eyes, I was waving goodbye to the people I never believed I could spend one night with. My

The sprouting of seeds and crops on my grandmother’s farm had awakened the harvest season. The hedges curved in an ascending view

The harmattan wind in December had ushered in the spirit of Christmas. The Eastern part of Nigeria is already ablaze with the

I remember the day I took a long walk of uncertainty to the shores of this river after I was heartbroken. It

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL… They succeeded in my messing up my psyche and almost driving me in sane by reminding me

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