Back in 1973, Lemi Ghariokwu was straight out of secondary school, spending his ample free time giving himself drawing assignments and making portraits for people in his neighborhood. Martial arts ...

Ghariokwu Lemi—"born, bred and buttered" in Lagos, Nigeria, where he continues to live—is an artist and graphic designer who created 26 of Fela Kuti's album covers, including many of his most powerful ...

His ideological influence in world music and visual art was at the core of a two-hour chat with renowned artist, Lemi Ghariokwu. Yinka Olatunbosun reports... Few people know he was born Emmanuel ...

For three decades, renowned illustrator, Lemi Ghariokwu, designed 26 covers of Afro-beat legend, Fela Anukulapo-Kuti’s albums. The self-taught artist in this encounter with Udemma Chukwuma ...

Lemi Ghariokwu looks like a school boy despite the fact that he is coasting into his sixth decade. But the boyishness is obviously a good thing and so very evident in the new works he is showing ...

A veteran artist, Lemi Ghariokwu, has condemned the lyrical contents of most Nigerian music which he says are very evasive of the realities in our society. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ...

Artist Lemi Ghariokwu, known for the cover images he created for the recordings of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, in his studio. Credit: CNN The most memorable of these are attributed to one man ...

I’m a self-taught fine artist, graphic designer and illustrator. I did not receive formal training from an art school so I’m coming straight from my heart and soul through the streets into the arts.

Lagos native and friend of Fela, Ghariokwu Lemi, is responsible for each and every one and recently sat down to go through a few of his favorites in commemoration of Knitting Factory Records ...

Apollo-Nyc Update! The kids over at Apollo-Nyc have recently added some new gear from Clientele and Supreme, as well as the Stussy Customade Ghariokwu Lemi and Al Lee joints! They have some Stussy ...

Back in 1973, Lemi Ghariokwu was straight out of secondary school, spending his ample free time giving himself drawing assignments and making portraits for people in his neighborhood. Martial arts ...