TogoYeye is a photography led project celebrating Togolese artists and thinkers. The project was found by my Lomé based friend, Malaika Nabillah and myself in 2019. As creative duo we seek to create work that empowers Togo’s youth and speaks to the power of collective imagination as well as the progress that comes with valuing individualism. Malaika and I have come to understand especially fashion as a symbol and vessel of such, which is why we work in close collaboration with young designers and streetwear stylists to create our imagery.
Our main objective is to document and celebrate those who push creative boundaries, and to support young Togolese creatives trough creative productions. We hope to reclaim and challenge historical and contemporary narratives of Togo and it´s diaspora. We believe that through creative collaboration we can strengthen our community and bridge the gap between the Togolese diaspora and people at home. For that reason, our work often addresses the cultural dynamics between the many facets of Togolese identity.
Besides photography, another large component of our work is scouting designers and our conversations with artists about tradition, defining a Togolese modernity and our history. Our work is informed by interviews and conversations with key players in Lomé's Fashion industry, historical archivists, our own historical research, and contemporary environments.
We find that through our different perspectives and upbringings we can learn a lot from each other. We hope that, with funding we will be able to support our collaborators financially to offer sustainable forms of empowerment and continue conversations in the future through creative productions, accessible exhibition spaces and a printed edition of TogoYeye. We hope that the optimism in our images shines a light onto Togo’s underrepresented future generations and the dreams and hopes we hold.
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Delali was born in the US in Baltimore but grew up in Germany. At the Age of 15 she moved to Lilongwe in Malawi where she lived until she was 18. After finishing high school, Delali moved to London to enrol at University of the Arts London. \r<\/p><p>Delali started by photographing her friends and Family in Germany, Togo and Malawi. Finding her great great grandfather\u00b4s work, one of the first Togolese photographers Alex A. Acolatse, inspired Delali to document other people with a focus on fashion. \r<\/p><p>In 2019, Delali started a project called \u201cTogo Yeye\u201d in collaboration with her friend Malaika Nabillah who lives in Lom\u00e9. Malaika and Delali find and work with innovative Togolese talent especially young fashion designers. In collaboration they create work that hopes to document and empower their creative community at home and in the diaspora. \r<\/p><p>In the past year, Delali has used the opportunity of an extended stay in Germany - due to the Covid Pandemic - to research into her own childhood experiences and the lives of other Black Germans. This research resulted into two relating series: \u201cHeimat(In Quarantine)\u201d and \u201cReflections on \u201cHeimat\u201d\u201d. Both series look at the idea of the German \u201cHomeland\u201d and the dual meaning this term has for people of colour in the country, resulting in a constant state between familiarity and dispute to their right to exist. Delali is currently based in Togo.<\/p>","long_bio_raw":"Delali Ayivi is a Togolese and German photographer and a recent graduate from London College of Fashion\/ UAL. Delali was born in the US in Baltimore but grew up in Germany. At the Age of 15 she moved to Lilongwe in Malawi where she lived until she was 18. After finishing high school, Delali moved to London to enrol at University of the Arts London. \r\n\r\nDelali started by photographing her friends and Family in Germany, Togo and Malawi. Finding her great great grandfather\u00b4s work, one of the first Togolese photographers Alex A. Acolatse, inspired Delali to document other people with a focus on fashion. \r\n\r\nIn 2019, Delali started a project called \u201cTogo Yeye\u201d in collaboration with her friend Malaika Nabillah who lives in Lom\u00e9. Malaika and Delali find and work with innovative Togolese talent especially young fashion designers. In collaboration they create work that hopes to document and empower their creative community at home and in the diaspora. \r\n\r\nIn the past year, Delali has used the opportunity of an extended stay in Germany - due to the Covid Pandemic - to research into her own childhood experiences and the lives of other Black Germans. This research resulted into two relating series: \u201cHeimat(In Quarantine)\u201d and \u201cReflections on \u201cHeimat\u201d\u201d. Both series look at the idea of the German \u201cHomeland\u201d and the dual meaning this term has for people of colour in the country, resulting in a constant state between familiarity and dispute to their right to exist. 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