Information is hidden and buried; it is inaccessible to the people and only permitted to those in power. - Temitayo Ogunbiyi

The artist is the one who has to mend the fragments for them to make sense,

I found that as a foreigner, embarking on this project with little knowledge of the local culture, it was easier for me to find value in what is available locally, especially because much of what I encountered was new to me. At the same time, I enjoyed integrating my memories of Lagos – histories of threaded hairstyles and plants, with these Italian references. In the end, I learned quite a bit and hope that I was able to begin a dialogue between these two cities.

“Information is one of the greatest currencies in Lagos,” Dike says.