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CHAKAM: A Reimagination of WHOT
Card 2: The Box ◼️
Ẹni tó kọ ẹ ọ̀un lọ́ ní yẹ 📚 “Whoever teaches you, owns you”

You sat in that classroom. You memorised the dates, the names, the theories. You knew the periodic table. You knew the kings and queens of the world. You could tell me who Albert Einstein is.
But could you name one African scholar before colonisation? One mathematician, one philosopher, one artist from your own soil before they arrived and decided what was worth knowing?

The teacher is blindfolded. The child is silenced. The grade sheet says F across every subject, not one indigenous name on the list. And the child learns quickly: fitting in the box is survival. The box is not a cage. The box is just how things are.
The school uniform is colonial inheritance pressed onto the mind every morning. Nothing changed at independence only the faces behind the desk. The curriculum stayed. The blindfold stayed.
We were taught what they deemed worthy of learning.
The mind is institutionalized. 🎴

ORÍ — CHAKAM Vol. I · Now showing at , Dubai 🎴
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Producer: Bisharo .hugs
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CHAKAM: A Reimagination of WHOT
Card 5- The Home 🔵

OTU ONYE ADIGHI AZU NWA 🫂 meaning: “One person cannot raise a child”

The family dressed up. The family showed up. And somewhere between the performance and the truth, the inheritance passed through.

The community raises the child. Or at least, it should. But when the culture turns inward and everyone is for themselves, who is still showing up?

The loop begins at home. 🎴

It continues through the same hand on the same shoulder.

ORÍ - CHAKAM Vol. Now showing at , Dubai 🎴

Credits:

Creative Direction:

DOP:

Art Direction:

Producer: Bisharo .hugs

Styling: · · Helia

Make Up:

Models: .a · ._theo ·

Illustration: ·

Production: .studioz

A house isn’t just walls and windows. It’s a mixtape of every version of ourselves: love unlocked, stories leaking, prayers hanging, games still plugged in. Every corner holds a shrine to who we’ve been. Every reflection, a reminder. We carry it all the ghosts, the heroes, the light we built from scraps.

Step into the world of Maxi Zee 🎙️

From chasing purpose to breaking down red and green flags, Maxi shares his journey, his creative process, and how he stays grounded in a fast-paced world

Swipe through to explore:
✨ What inspires Maxi’s purpose
💭 Thoughts on financial freedom
🚩 The biggest red and green flags in life
🌟 What a fulfilled life truly means

Plus, there’s a question for you at the end don’t miss it 👀