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CHAKAM: A Reimagination of WHOT Card 4
The Crown ★ Ìràwọ̀ tó lọ, ọ̀run ló gbà ✨ - “The star that left, the sky claimed it”

She didn’t leave because she wanted to.
She left because staying felt like a prison. But leaving? Leaving meant floating in a sky with no ground beneath her. Unrooted. Unnamed. Lost in someone else’s atmosphere.
Every kid feels like they need to go to become the next Virgil, the next Slawn, like distance is the only path to greatness. But this card is here to say: you can fly and still be rooted. You can be great and still be home.
The japa culture was sold to us like it’s the answer. Like the grass is always greener on the other side. But sometimes the grass is greener where you water it.
She wears Nigeria on her body and England on her chest. The smile is practiced, load-bearing.
In one hand held up like a brand endorsement, a tube of bleaching cream. A lighter woman on the packaging. She is not looking at her. She is at war with her. Fighting who she is for who she has been told to become.

First the land. Then the labor. Then the resources. Then the art. Now the people.

The fine girl lightens to be visible. The bright student packs a bag. The country mints its brightest, polishes them and the world collects them at the border and calls it opportunity.

The crown was always hers. It just got westernized, losing its essence, its root. 🎴

ORÍ - CHAKAM Vol. I · Now showing at , Dubai 🎴
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Work hard, show up, and trust the process. Sometimes, what you think is a setback is actually a setup for something greater. Tawakkul always, Ramadam Kareem 🤲✨