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Experiencing Festa de Cosme e Damião in Vitória

In September 2024, I attended two events to commemorate Festa de Cosme e Damião in Vitória, Espírito Santo. Cosme and Damião, also known as Saints Cosmas and Damian, are two saints from the Catholic tradition who have been syncretized into Umbanda and Candomble. Venerating Cosme and Damião takes place yearly around September 27th, and it Read more

October 15, 2024
I used AI to immortalise my grandmother’s wisdom and uncovered a plethora of ethical and legal challenges

TL DR: text-to-image AI platforms are magical, but many technical, practical and ethical issues are brewing underneath this fantastical world. As news of text-to-image AI use cases flooded the internet, I became inspired to create with this technology. I wrote a short story about Odogwu, a travelling demon seeking protection for their world. The central Read more

November 19, 2022
What it takes to successfully run an open source software company— a case study of Blender

TL;DR: If Blender didn’t have investor money early on and big corporations who donate now didn’t have their own interests at heart, it wouldn’t be as far along as it is today. The first time I used Blender was in May 2022. At my job, we think it’s important to be digitally inclusive. This means Read more

November 19, 2022
When Art and Science Get Together for Good – My First Makerlab

I am super enthusiastic about using art and technology for storytelling and advocacy but I sometimes feel that I don’t quite have the skills to bring my ideas to life by myself. Although, I’m part of a Maker’s movement in Nigeria, I always stayed on the side of software and so when my colleague, Oba, Read more

February 24, 2020