by itchysilk | Aug 29, 2022 | THE ITCH
In his second article for #itchysilk, Matt Jones, Canadian veteran and born-again bohemian, brings the first of a five part series. In it he is recruited by a troupe of artists in the town of Ouzouer-sur-Trézée, South of Paris, to carry an enormous puppet in the...
by itchysilk | Aug 2, 2021 | THE ITCH
A little while back an #itchysilk writer wrote a piece regarding the unrest in Nigeria fuelled by an angry ‘youth’. In a similar vein eSwatini and its youth are voicing the need for change while their absolute monarch clings to power with a vice like grip. Let’s not...
by itchysilk | Mar 18, 2021 | THE ITCH
Photographer, filmographer and painter Shaun Rabah is a wandering soul who seems to be on some perpetual journey to find……. something. It does not always seem clear what this ‘something’ is he is searching for. One gets the sense that even if he does find ‘it’ he will...
by itchysilk | Nov 24, 2020 | THE ITCH
In this emotive piece Ebenezer Okike lights a fire for the new generation of young Nigerians. In it he adds some needed (on the ground) context to the #ENDSARS protests in Nigeria. As history details time and time again, protests are merely the visual representation...
by itchysilk | Apr 5, 2020 | THE ITCH
In his first write-up, Okike Ebenezer shines a brief light on the black sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born free in 1844 it’s no exaggeration to describe Edmonia Lewis as a revolutionary. As a female she was disadvantaged. As an Afro American she was further disadvantaged....
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