In the realm of aesthetics, the concept of taste is an implicit class war. In Nigeria, there is a belief that people without money should be focused on necessity and not frivolity.
Growing up in Lagos, my mother was a seamstress. She made the most peculiar-looking clothes at the back of our house with her faithful apprentice Kalu NtaKalu. Kalu was lazy but he had the right craftsmanship for my mother’s taste: excessive frills and Shakespearean sleeves. As if the styling was not strang
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