Tọ́pẹ́ 🦅

Yoruba, Nigerian 🇳🇬, Son, Brother, Friend, Entrepreneur, OAUalumnus

[Tọ́pẹ́ 🦅 @TAbuloye]

May our strength never be put to the test, and may our mental fortitude remain steadfast, forging a shield of resilience against the trials of life's journey.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Every stroke a story, that's how Lagos oil painter Muktar Yusuf describes his own work. His piece Little Knight; Big Dreams paints courage before it's earned, one boy, one cape, one sword raised at nothing and everything.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Long before paper money, cowrie shells moved along trade routes from the Indian Ocean into West Africa. Small, durable, hard to fake. They became currency, then ornament, then a symbol of status and protection. The shell outlived the coin.

[Toni Kroos @ToniKroos]

Football won

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Argentina are the first team in the last 60 years without a single shot in the first 90 minutes of a World Cup final.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Every small maker selling directly to the world is asking for something bigger than a sale. They are asking a stranger to trust a photo, a promise, and a shipping label. That is a lot to ask. It is also how the good ones get discovered.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

A wood carver does not start with a chisel. He turns the block in his hands first, reading the grain until it tells him what it wants to become. The tool comes second. The listening comes first.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

@Rinartts Culture is not a costume rack. The hand, history, and context behind an image matter.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Adinkra symbols were never just decoration. Each one carries a proverb, a piece of Akan philosophy pressed into cloth with a hand carved calabash stamp. A whole library of ideas, worn on the body instead of kept on a shelf.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

A pair of Adedayo loafers by Snugfeet International, hand cut and hand stitched in Lagos, ready to travel to a new home this week. Small business, real craft, worldwide delivery.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

@heritagenewsnet Textile history like this deserves to be remembered. African prints carry industry, memory, and identity at once.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

There's a particular kind of relief in typing a shipping address you haven't used in years and watching it autofill anyway. Home doesn't forget you, it turns out, even when you've been gone a while.

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

Lionel Messi has missed four penalties at FIFA World Cup's, not including shoot-outs.

Twice as many as any other player 😬

[Tọ́pẹ́ 🦅 @TAbuloye]

@1BENNY7G Wizkid, Burna boy and Asake

[Nike Football @nikefootball]

The story continues @Cristiano

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

If that was the last time we see Cristiano Ronaldo at the World Cup, then thanks for the memories 🫡

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Every vendor on Sokofa carries a Verified Seller badge before anything goes live. Not just a checkmark, someone actually confirmed the studio is real and the work is theirs. Small detail, but it matters when you're trusting a stranger with your money and your measurements.

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Clothing gets most of the attention here, but Sokofa also carries art and woodwork made by the same kind of small studios. Do you display African art and sculpture in your home, or has that not made it into your space yet?

[Tọ́pẹ́ 🦅 @TAbuloye]

Sometimes the trash takes itself out. Nigerian women probably deserve better

[Fred @Fedrickkkkkk]

There is no way my future wife will be a Nigerian.
I deserve better

[Russian Embassy in Kenya/Посольство России в Кении @russembkenya]

Looks like someone in Washington just updated the travel schedule.

"America First" has a way of becoming "Nigeria Next."

Soon we'll probably start hearing urgent calls for "democratization," "protecting democratic values," and "supporting civil society".

[SOKOFA @shopsokofa]

Is there a piece of African design, fabric, or art in your home that carries a story? Could be a print your grandmother wore, a carving from a trip, anything. We would love to hear it.