Laolu Senbanjo

Laolu (Olaolu) Senbanjo, nke a makwaara dị ka "Laolu NYC", bụ onye na-ese ihe na Naijiria, onye na-eti egwu, onye na-agụ egwu / onye na-ede egwu, na onye ọka iwu na-ahụ maka ikike mmadụ.

## Mmalite ndụ
A mụrụ Senbanjo ma zụlite ya na Ilorin, Nigeria site na nne na nna bu ndi Yoruba. Nna ya bụ onye ọka iwu ebe nne ya bụ onye nọọsụ. O tolitere na-eme ihe nkiri na ukwe nke ụka ya. Mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, o nwere otu egwu a na-akpọ Light and Fire nke na-abụ agughari egwu etiri eti.

Senbanjo gụrụ akwụkwọ gbasara iwu n'ụlọ akwụkwọ iwu nke Nigeria. N'agbanyeghị na ọ chọrọ ịkwụsị n'afọ nke abụọ, o nwetara akara ugo mmụta ya na 2005. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọka iwu na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ afọ ise, jiri afọ atọ ikpeazụ ya rụọ ọrụ na National Human Rights Commission dị ka onye isi ọka iwu na-elekwasị anya na ikike ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụaka.  Senbanjo gara n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke Northern Nigeria na-eleta ụlọ akwụkwọ na obodo nta ka ọ kụziere ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị ihe mere ụmụaka ga-eji nọrọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ. 

"Amaara m na ọ bụrụ na m na-achụso ọrụ nka, m ga-ebi n'eziokwu ahụ bụ na ụfọdụ ndị nọ n'obodo m nwere ike ghara ịgwa m okwu ọzọ," ka Senbanjo kwuru n'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na 99U. N'agbanyeghị nke a, na 2010 Senbanjo kwụsịrị ọrụ ya dị ka onye ọka iwu wee malite Laolu Senbanjo Art Gallery na Abuja, Nigeria.

Senbanjo kwagara Brooklyn, New York, n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 2013 iji rụọ ọrụ nka ya.

## Ihe osise
Senbanjo emepụtala ụdị nka ya, Afromysterics, nke pụtara ihe omimi nke usoro echiche Afrịka. Ọ na-agụnye isiokwu Afrịka na ọdịnala Afrịka. Ọ na-eji icheku ọkụ na ụkpụrụ dị iche iche mepụta atụmatụ nka dị mgbagwoju anya, nke nwere akụkọ bara ụba nke na-esite n'ihe nketa Yoruba ya ma gosipụta akara na ụkpụrụ Naijiria oge ochie. Senbanjo na-ekwu na mgbọrọgwụ ya na Naijiria bụ isi iyi maka mkpali ọhụ ya. Ọ bụ ezie na a kọwara ntụgharị anya ya dị ka ịkekọrịta "mmekọrịta ya na Jean-Michel Basquiat na Keith Haring".

O nweela ọrụ site na, ma mepụta mmekọrịta ya na, ndị ama ama na ndị isi gụnyere Nike, abọm Beyonce *Lemonade*, Grammy Museum, na Smithsonian Institution. Ya na Danielle Brooks (onye na-egwu Tasha Jefferson na usoro Netflix a kpọrọ *Orange* Is the New Black). Na June 2015, mantra ọhụrụ Senbanjo ghọrọ "everything is my canvas" wee malite eserese na ihe niile site na akpụkpọ ụkwụ, na jaket, na ndị mmadụ. O kere Sacred *Art* of the Ori Ritual, nke ọ na-akọwa ma kọwaa na 11 Septemba 2017 TED talk. N'okwu TED ya, Senbanjo na-ekwu banyere ọrụ ya Dreamscape. Na mbipụta Laolu Senbanjo nke afọ 2018, a kpọrọ Dreamscape, ọ na-egosipụta obi nkoropụ ya na ikpe na-ezighị ezi n'ụwa. Na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọka iwu na-ahụ maka ikike mmadụ, ọ hụrụ ikpe na ụmụaka ndị chere ihu n'eziokwu siri ike nke ịmanye ịlụ di ma ọ bụ ịga n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ha na mahadum.Ihe osise ahụ bụ map uche," na-amalite ebe ọtụtụ ndụ na-eme, site na nwanyị, iji jikọta njem nke ndụ na ihe niile na-abịa na ahụmịhe ahụ na akụkọ mmalite nke ịbụ onye amụrụ. Ụfọdụ n'ime isiokwu ndị a na-ebipụta gụnyere okpukpe, agha, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, teknụzụ, Egyptology, mmekọahụ, akụ na ụba, mkpofu gburugburu ebe obibi, mgbasa ozi, akụkọ ihe mere eme, egwu, anyaukwu na ọdịdị mmadụ. Dị ka ọtụtụ n'ime nka ya, atụmatụ obi ike na-ejikọta ihe ọ bụla dị na ọrụ ahụ sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke ndị Yoruba ya. Ihe atụ ọzọ nke ụdị nka ya na mmetụta nna nna Yoruba nke a maara nke ọma na-egosi na Beyonce's *Lemonade*, ebe a na-egosi nka ahụ Senbanjo n'ime album ọhụụ.

### Ihe ngosi na okwu ndị a họọrọ

* Disemba 2014: Ihe ngosi atọ na Art Basel Miami.
* Mee 2016: Ihe ngosi ya "Sounds of Africa" meghere na Grammy Museum na Los Angeles, CA na mmekorita ya na BET.
* Septemba 2016: Laolu na-eme "Creation as a Ritual: Performing Disguise", ihe ngosi nka nke gosipụtara ndị na-agba egwu atọ na ndị egwu, na Brooklyn Museum.

### Ngosipụta nka na vidiyo egwu ahọpụtara
E gosipụtara Senbanjo na nka ya dị nsọ nke Ori Ritual na vidiyo egwu dị iche iche, gụnyere:

* Eprel 2015: "Bịa soro m." nke South African Black Coffee (DJ) dere
* Eprel 2016: Sorry (Beyoncé song) from Beyonce's Visual Album, Lemonade
* Septemba 2017: "Big Bad Soca" nke Bunji Garlin dere
* Febụwarị 2018: "Catch Your Eye" nke Jussie Smollett ft Swizz Beatz dere
* Ọktoba 2019: "LA CANCIÓN" nke J Balvin x Bad Bunny dere

### Mmekọrịta Brand
A kpọrọ Senbanjo ka ya na ọtụtụ ụdị na-arụkọ ọrụ, gụnyere:

* Nike na-akpọ Senbanjo ka ọ bụrụ Master of Air ma mepụta T-shirt na sneaker design maka Nike Air Max 2016, maka ndị akpụkpọ ụkwụ ahụ na-amasi.
* Ọktoba 2016: Onye na-emepụta akpụkpọ ụkwụ Kenneth Cole na Laolu na-arụkọ ọrụ na mkpọsa mgbasa ozi #MyStepsWill.
* BVLGARI Man in Black Essence limited edition Cologne bottle
* Ngwurugwu dị ntakịrị maka Starbucks Espresso Roast, dịkwa dị ka ụrọ mgbidi abụọ, 2018
* Belvedere Vodka Limited-edition bottle, 2018
* NYC Fashion week
* Apple Inc., 2019
* Target Corporation, 2019
* Essence (magazine) cover with Serena Williams, 2019 
* Facebook Lift Black Voices Artwork, 2020
* Instagram
* Barclays Center

## Egwú
Senbanjo bụ onye na-agu egwu ụwa nke na-esite na Fela Kuti, Sade (onye na-abụ abụ), Bob Marley, na King Sunny Adé. Ụdị egwu ya gbanyesiri mkpọrọgwụ ike na ọdịnala Afrobeat na High Life, agwakọtara ya na Afro-Soul na Reggae. Senbanjo na-agwakọta abụ n'asụsụ Yoruba ya ma na-asụgharịkarị abụ ndị Yoruba, ilu na oriki ya n'asụsụ Bekee.

### Nhọrọ egwu

* Septemba 2014: Senbanjo meghere maka Tony Allen (onye egwu) (onye kere Afrobeat) na SOB's na New York City, NY ya na ndị otu ya Laolu na Afromysterics.
* Machị 2015: Laolu na Afromysterics rụrụ na South by Southwest na Austin, Texas.

## Hụkwa

* Ihe osise

## Ebensidee

## Njikọ mpụga

* Official website
* Laolu Senbanjo on Instagram 
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