A Nasty Boy: How Africa's Foremost Crypto Artist Is Changing The Way We Perceive Masculinity

‘It is the end of an era for Osinachi. On the day we meet, his closest friends are in his now-stripped apartment after days of helping him move the belongings he hastily left behind in Nsukka. “Welcome to this apartment that is no longer mine. I’m moving to Lagos, where it’s all happening,” he says, laughing. He will miss the cold weather of Nsukka, where he spent the last ten years as a student of English Language and Library Science before resuming as an Academic Librarian at the University of Nigeria. “It’s the cultural capital of West Africa. I want to be closer to the market.”

The decision to leave the security of a government job and focus on his art in the city that never sleeps is not only a career strategy but also a testament to his success as a digital artist. It is almost unbelievable that this success began two years ago with a decision to find opportunities to showcase his work. “People look at the surface and often think I jammed luck,” he says. “But this is not something I started 2 or 3 years ago. Before I got into the University in 2010 I was already creating art. It's the work I put in over the years that everyone sees now.”’

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