The Importance of Being Victony – The Republic: Serious Journalism from an African Worldview

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The symmetrical collage juxtaposes knights in chainmail with cartoon characters, each flashing a peace sign, against a vibrant gradient backdrop. It's as if Victony himself merged playful elements seamlessly into an art piece that echoes both whimsy and depth.

Victony’s artistry engages the whirlwind of his life. Right from his depiction of the accident, we’ve seen how he translates the mundanities of existence into striking art. He tells me that growing up in a strong Catholic home was ‘very instrumental’ to his creativity and that all those experiences and teachings he got in the church ‘remained a part of me, and me being an artist is me just expressing all I’ve known up until this point in my life. And that’s what the Stubborn album was about too.’ 

The Nigerian…