Chief Nike (pronounced “Ne-Kay”) Okundaye-Davies is one of Nigeria’s most famous artists. She was born in central Nigeria in 1951, during the nationalistic decolonization period. In her early childhood, Nike lived in Osogbo, a traditional city in southwestern Nigeria, and began working in the family’s art trade when she was just six years old.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has virtually hit all industries, the American music icon, rapper, songwriter and entrepreneur, Sean John Combs (P.Diddy), is doing everything he can to support healthcare workers in underserved communities around the world--including Africa.
Over the past few months, the world has been brought to its knees. COVID-19 has proved that racial equality is achievable. The virus doesn't indulge in supremacy or racism – it has no respect for social status, educational exposure, or religious belief, it is attacking us all.
The Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter, and producer J. Martins (Martins Okechukwu Joshua Kalu Okwun) finds strength in himself and in the world’s reaction to Afrobeat music.
When Derby Ozioma Chukwudi first arrived in the U.S. in 2015, she said her transition from Nigeria to Kentucky's Berea College was difficult. Partly because she focused solely on academics while trying to shift through the challenges she faced living in a new country on her own. Then, 4 years later, the 23-year-old business administration and economics graduate found herself working on Wall Street.
