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THE VISION WAS YOUNG, BUT THE DREAM WAS ALREADY BIG. 🥹❤️

Looking back at D’Gathering 2.0, I can’t help but appreciate how far this journey has brought us.

What started as an idea has grown into a community, creating memories, connecting creatives, and giving the vision a life of its own.

Seeing these faces again… I wonder how many of you can still recognize one another. 😂👀

Tag someone you recognize! Let’s bring back the memories.

And now, we’re preparing for D’GATHERING 7.0 — RECORD BREAKERS! 🔥
Seven editions in, the vision keeps growing, and I’d love for you to be part of this next chapter.

📅 31 October 2026 | 10 AM
📍 Okota, Lagos.

🎟️ Attendance is FREE, but registration is COMPULSORY!

Register now: www.dgatheringofcreatives.com/events
Come be a part of the gathering. ❤️

Follow @dgathering_ for more updates.

#DGathering #DGathering7 #fyp #RecordBreakers #DesojiArts

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Straight from the dialogue with my lover (hypothetical).

Between April and May, it was a pretty rough and tough time (it could seem like I was in a dark hole), and I had several thoughts, including reflecting on what death and life mean. I was in a contestation of understanding both realms but I saw light in those deep thoughts. So I took a pen and wrote to my lover what I would look like when I am old. It was a kind of prophesying what state I would be in, and I thought of I wanted to be beautifully dressed. So when the Grim Reaper shows up, it would see me in my beautiful dress, my grown, old pale body and wrinkled skin, and my collection of smiles and bowing to the ground, and thanking Allah (God) for living a life full of love, life, and purpose.

Sometimes poetry takes you to another realm and penning down this poem took me to that realm.

#poetry #poem #diaryofalover

📹 @kormbatstudios

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The bravest thing I did this year happened two weeks ago.

I organized the second edition of The Opportunity Bridge by @afmstories. This year came close to not happening at all, but the mission mattered too much to let it slip.

Too many international students and people from underrepresented backgrounds face real barriers to jobs, funding for higher education, and business growth. This event exists to show them it’s possible & guide them on how to do it.

Several attendees from last year credited the event as the catalyst for landing their current roles. Someone told me they walked in feeling hopeless and left feeling motivated. Weeks later I’m still bumping into attendees who haven’t recovered from it. Two weeks later, neither have I.

Grateful to God, my community, my partner, my family and friends, my host who came all the way from London, my speakers who said yes without hesitation (one all the way from Scotland), and every volunteer and partner who made this happen. Without you all this would never have been possible.

I usually move on fast from my wins. Not this time. Making this happen alongside a full time role, my creative work, and everything that nearly stopped it, is something I’m proud of.

Two years in and I know more lives need this. For year three, I’m taking more courageous, scarier moves for this work.

My word for you: forget the reasons it won’t work & do it regardless. #adecadeinoneyear

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Weekend photo dump!!!
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#30daychallenge #sheringhambeach
#summer #contentcreator #beachvibes

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I wrote this poem after listening to multiple stories at the Nudge Global Impact Challenge in the Netherlands in 2024, and hearing Celine Cairo's sound echo and pierce was the perfect moment to put this together.

I first performed this poem at our closing meeting at Nudge in 2024 and excited to bring it to your ears too.

Lay Yourself Bare

#poetry

🎥 @kormbatstudios

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Big is Small is out now.
Loved working on this music video.
#musicvideos

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A key thing I learned from winning 25 million in scholarships for my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees is that constant self development however small or big makes all the difference.

By working on yourself through learning, volunteering, work experiences, internships, creating, participating, interacting and attending your exposure increases which expands the size of your dreams, networks and proposed impact.

Scholarship providers don’t just want to invest in you, they want to invest in a large amount of people through you. This means that they need to be sure that you have made efforts to develop yourself to handle such a huge responsibility.

The key factor that helped me get both scholarships was not because I had initial plans for scholarships but more because of my desire to improve myself and build myself and thus when the opportunities came, I was able to pour from a promising cup.

My advice for you, especially individuals in the beginning of this journey is to constantly develop yourself. Don’t make it about scholarships, make it about you. Because with or without scholarships those self development measures will also help you stand out in other life opportunities. From jobs, to partnerships, to funding, to fellowships, to features, to publishing or to awards. Keep improving yourself. #afmstories #chosenforchevening #cheveningnga #cheveningscholarship #scholarships #scholarshipopportunities #fullyfundedscholarships #funding

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single sentence can heal.
A spoken word piece can awaken something deep.
Lyrics can stay with you for years.
Today we celebrate writers, poets, lyricists, and storytellers who use words to move hearts.

Drop a line from a poem or lyric that has stayed with you.

#DGathering
#WorldPoetryDay #TheRiseOfAMovement #Creatives #DGatheringOfCreatives

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Only if I were to fall in love, I will fall in love with a poet.

🎥 @kormbat @kormbatstudios

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To poetry that makes people feel seen.
To the people that make me feel seen.
To platforms that let people see poets.
Thank you. You all make being an artist beautiful.
Love love these memories from my headline show @norwichartscentre @poets_palace_norwich @poets_palace
📷: @kormbatstudios

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Try this EASY mixed media effect
Perfect for vlogs, music videos, or adding a cool moment to any edit. Save this for later!
I used @higgsfield.ai Mixed Media feature to generate an origami-style clip.

Edited in @capcutapp by overlaying the clips and masking for a clean split-screen effect.
Tag me if you try this, I’d love to see what you create

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The work is personal, it is about taking responsibility and that is what it means to be resilient. That it is okay if people do not understand your work, why, and if you are rejected because of that. What matters most is that you hang in there, you did not give up on your dreams and you kept showing up day in and day out. Just one day, one day the world will catch up to you. I have seen this in my work.

📹 @kormbatstudios @kormbat

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