*From time to time, I get names suggested to me, to have featured in OUR ROOTS either by friends, members of the public, readers and fans of OUR ROOTS and teachers. One fan of OUR ROOTS, Femi Adetunji, would often send me names, news articles and profiles to look at, asking if I have ever done them and if not, whether I would like to have a go. Femi gave me the name…Henrietta Lacks who lived a short life but gave the world life. If a person intrigues me, I get excited to draw him or her. Lacks is one of them. She is in OUR ROOTS Volume two book. My desire is for the less talked about or less appreciated brought to the forefront of recognition. Black History Month in the U.S. is the reason why I created OUR ROOTS and what it sets out to achieve and that is, to document Black History. The celebration continues in the U.S.
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Presidential Election: Resilient Nigerians go for change – Wherever Nigerians are around the world, whether at the barber shop, in a restaurant, on a bus, at events and anywhere you can think of, one running commentary above all other commentaries, is the Presidential election coming up on 25th February as they go to the polls, to vote in a new president and vice president. There are 18 presidential candidates amongst whom are three household names including a human rights activist.
Nigerians have endured a lot under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said last year that he has done his best for Nigerians but it appears his best has not been good enough. Never seen a leader Nigerians have been so critical of. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. All leaders under Buhari have also not helped matters. They are partly to blame for Nigerians yearning for fresh leadership, expecting a leader who will protect, secure and unify the nation.
TAYO Fatunla is an award-winning Nigerian Comic Artist, Editorial Cartoonist, Writer and Illustrator is an artist of African diaspora. He is a graduate of the prestigious Kubert School, in New Jersey, US. and recipient of the 2018 ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award for his illustrated OUR ROOTS creation and series – Famous people in Black History – He participated at UNESCO’s Cartooning In Africa forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Cartooning Global Forum in Paris, France and has held a virtual OUR ROOTS cartoon workshop for SMITHSONIAN- National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. His Fela Kuti outline image is featured in the Burna Boy’s mega-Afrobeat hit song “Ye”. –– tfatunla@hotmail.com
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