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Nigeria’s ‘Waste Museum’ showcases art to raise awareness on waste

Nigeria’s ‘Waste Museum’ showcases art to raise awareness on waste

SEUN SANNI INSIDE Nigeria's 'Waste Museum' in Ibadan city, Jumoke Olowookere works on her latest creations made out of used tyres to add an addition to a wide collection produced from used plastic and fabric, wine corks and corn husks, among other materials. Olowookere, who says her museum is the first of its kind in Africa, joins a growing number of Nigerians who are using waste material to make art and fashion to highlight the damaging impact of waste on the environment. In Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer with more than 200 million people, plastic waste in particular, in the…
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