Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup
The title of the piece is a reference to a popular 90s cartoon called “The Power Puff Girls”. The Powerpuff Girls are a trio of sisters who were born with superpowers when their scientist father added an extra ingredient in the process of creating them. I found an interesting in how the cartoon acknowledged that girls can be more than “sugar, spice and everything nice” while the Nigeria society continues to wring out the “extra ingredient” in its girls.
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Ayobola kekere-Ekun
Lagos, Nigeria
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1993. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Visual Arts from the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos; where she majored in Graphic Design. She is also a lecturer at the Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos. Her work explores subjects connected to gender, mythology, […]
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The title of the piece is a reference to a popular 90s cartoon called “The Power Puff Girls”. The Powerpuff Girls are a trio of sisters who were born with superpowers when their scientist father added an extra ingredient in the process of creating them. I found an interesting in how the cartoon acknowledged that girls can be more than “sugar, spice and everything nice” while the Nigeria society continues to wring out the “extra ingredient” in its girls.
