Sheyi Akintoye

Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria i have always heard of "The Cane Village", and envisioned it would be around a water bank overlooking the third mainland lagoon. lol.  Never in my wildest dreams did i think it was so easily accessible. Just right under the bridge at Mende, Maryland. The sight was beautiful, seeing talented craftsman who specialize in using diverse types of cane and wood, as they convert it into Baskets, furniture, wine carriers, Baby cots, flowers vases, and swings. The sight jugged my memory back to a Fine Arts project over 20 years ago in primary school, that required making out mats with colourful card boards by alternating the precut stripes. The mastery at the cane village is nothing like my Fine Art project, seeing their hands move with such expertise kept me thinking what sorcery that was. Definitely years and years of practice. It was an amazing sight, I was glad i made the trip. I learnt cane supplies came in bundles within the range of N900 to N1,400 pe

Covid-19 has so far impacted many lives and businesses. Business owners now have to explore various options as regards their staff, salaries and the continuity of their business during and after this pandemic. Human lives are important, hence, to prevent the transmission of Covid-19, organisations have had to implement a temporary, partial or total lockdown depending on what sort of services they render. Either option taken will affect our economic, physical and mental wellbeing. For instance, if a business decides on taking the partial closure route, who goes and who stays? Sooyah Bistro by Banky W is an example of a business who took the partial closure approach by shutting down their Lagos mainland outlets and restricting operations to their Island outlets through the provision of temporary accommodation within close proximity for few employees who are to undergo various Covid-19 preventive measures to operate. Likewise, the travel and tourism industry have had to completely s

Bridal Shower ✔️ Pre-wedding shoot ✔️ Vendors ✔️ Count down to the big day began... Conversations with T revolved around our lives in marriage. We were earnestly looking forward to being called Husband and Wife, but little did we know the universe had other plans. The news of Covid-19 in other countries was of global recognition and then it slowly crept into Lagos, Nigeria on the 27th February, 2020 which instigated a ban by the Lagos State Government less than a week to our wedding on gatherings and international flights (Well for the greater good). Okay-dokey. Various thoughts kept coming, “Hmmm Seyi, don’t panic, there’s always a way out, here is our chance to reduce the crowd contrary to our parents opinion. Also, I can get another makeup artist as mine innocently went on a trip”. After consulting with the church, our parents and the vendors, I proceeded to book another makeup artist and drafted a new guest list for our now ‘strictly by invitation wedding’.