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Oroma Elewa Launches Online Store
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The Pop’Africana founder opens a webshop full of treasures found on her extensive adventurous travels
Already a CH favorite, Oroma Elewa has just stepped it up a notch, launching her online store. As expected, it’s a place to admire (and purchase) some of the most beautiful items that she has collected over the course of her extensive, adventurous travels. Elewa has always found inspiration in African culture, and it’s yet another way that she is shining a light on the vibrant, creative and intriguing treasures that she finds there.
More than anything, Elewa’s shop revolves around the importance of visiting and understanding other cultures—it’s not just about taking bits and pieces from them. “I travel at least once a year. And when I do, I spend a good amount of time in that particular place. There’s so much to discover in every African country, city or town. My bucket list is still so long. I am always curious about places I’ve only read about in books or seen in film, but I tend to be drawn to places that give me great peace, places where time slows down a bit, where the people are as kind as they are hospitable.”
She tells CH, “Traveling gives you perspective. It’s rea
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“I AM MY OWN MUSE. I AM THE SUBJECT I KNOW BEST. THE SUBJECT I WANT TO KNOW BETTER” – Oroma Elewa
Oroma Elewa is the embodiment of a true renaissance woman. I first came across her work when she called out the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington, London for attributing her words to iconic painter Frida Kahlo. The writer and visual performance artist stood up for herself and refused to be erased from history. With over 50,000 Instagram followers, the independent artist was able to rally her supporters to retweet the statement with the rightful credit. Since then, the V&A acknowledged this mistake and have credited Oroma Elewa for her poem.
Since then, Elewa has released video performances such as The Appointmentand The Breakfast. Both performances have been silent and focus more on movement and cultural mannerisms. She has also written and published a book of short stories called Crushed Guava Leaves which is a collection of conversations and thoughts that relate to her cultural identity as a Nigerian-American.
More recently, she has released a performance art piece named AREA BABES & ASHAWO SUPERSTAR$which has reached a social media following of 6,465. The curation of memes has all been written by Elewa inspired by Nollywood – Nigeria