Cover Stories unfolds across four strands: a poster campaign on the streets of Lagos, a showcase of DRUM publications at Mbari Kola: The Arts Society, a fashion commission by designer Abiola Olusola, and a programme of talks. Join us for an evening of reading, conversation and drinks as we mark the start of MOWAA’s activation of the archive.
Founded in Johannesburg in 1951, DRUM was passed between households, offices and schools, and argued over in its letters pages and on the street. Its Nigerian edition followed the country from the last years of colonial rule into independence, and its covers and fashion pages recorded how women dressed, posed and presented themselves through that decade.
