HOMECOMING is a movement; igniting new cultural conversation and creative development in Africa, starting in Nigeria. It is undoubtedly one of Africa’s most groundbreaking international musical exchange. It’s 2019 edition reached its conclusion last Sunday, promoting creative development and knowledge sharing across 3-days of workshops, panels and other interactions. The grand festival – a celebration of Africa’s young, creative generation – once again brought some of Africa’s – and the world’s most exciting talent to the city to partake in fashion pop-ups, design workshops, a programme of panel talks, sporting competitions, and live performances over the Easter weekend.
HOMECOMING POP-UP – a 3-day retail pop up featuring global and local fashion and streetwear brands like Alyx, Ambush, Awake NY, Greatness, Kenneth Ize, MAINS, Motherlan, Mowalola, Nike, Stüssy, Patta, Places+Faces, No Vacancy Inn, Vivendi and Wafflesncream.
NIKE JERSEY CUSTOMISATION WORKSHOPS – a series of workshops where guests learnt how to customise football jerseys using print techniques led by Nike technicians.
PANEL TALKS – a series of panel discussions focused on the creative sector. The final panel in a series held at XII Glover saw model and social media star Jordyn Woods joins Grace Ladoja in conversation about finding the confidence to be creative.
SKATE JAM – co-hosted by WAFFLESNCREAM, Nigeria’s first skate shop.
ART TOUR – Day 3 of a curated tour through Lagos’ essential art galleries and happenings. Stops of note on Sunday included the cutting edge Rele Gallery, and a visit to the studio of Nigerian contemporary artist Nengi Omoku.
HOMECOMING LIVE MUSIC SHOW – On Sunday night, international and Nigerian stars converged on Harbour Point, Lagos, to perform at the hugely anticipated Live show. Some of the world’s hottest musical artists took the stage in a back-to-back ‘playlist’ of songs that took the festival to new heights. Artists who performed included: DJ OBI, DRB, FIREBOY DML, NAIRA MARLEY, NINIOLA, ODUNSI, POCO LEE, PRETTYBOY D-O, REMA, RUNTOWN, SANTI, SHO MADJOZI, SIMI, SKEPTA, STARBOY TERRI, TEMS and TENI THE ENTERTAINER. Further surprise appearances were made on the night by crowd favourites MOONCHILD and LA MEME GANG.
