Visual artist and book cover illustrator, Renike Olusanya, believes African digital artists are undervalued: ‘If I could change anything about the African art industry, it would be how digital artists are treated. They are often exempted from art activities and undervalued. It’s quite sad that non-Africans value African digital artists more than their own people do.’
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What books or kinds of books did you read growing up?
Growing up, I wasn’t an avid reader. I read lots of comics and storybooks because I was more of a visual person. I loved observing colours and expressions. At some point, I started reading young adult novels (mostly romcoms). As a teenager, I got into reading thrillers, thanks to my dad. One night he gave me a John Grisham novel and I read over 500 pages in two days, all at night because it was so good...
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