So how can visual artists like you help challenge these perceptions and also present more nuisance stories about African societies?

I think visual art has a powerful role to play in expanding how African societies are represented and understood.

For a long time, international narratives about Africa have been focusing on limited sets of stories.

Stories about hardship, crisis, and those kind of struggle histories that we see.

While the reality may exist and it deserves attention, it deserves to be seen.

That part of our existence is much larger and it has a more complex cultural history that we need to picture.

As an artist, I think we have the ability to represent, perceive that overlooked culture.

And let me ask, like, how important is it for artists to have a visible presence in streets, neighborhoods and also community spaces rather than being confined in galleries and also museums? I believe it's