
At the bustling Yaba Industry in Lagos, Nigeria, there is a thing for anyone.

Chatter rises from the traders, whose stalls sprawl around miles of cracked grey concrete and packed earth. They could be selling baskets of fresh fruit, wheelbarrows stuffed with mobile phone instances, piles of sequined fabrics or racks of next-hand apparel.

If you’re blessed, you could possibly locate a vintage jacket you’ve been seeking for, or a pair of lengthy-long lasting Levi’s jeans. But you’re hardly ever likely to be as lucky as Dencity: the coolest of the cool youngsters of Lagos. These skaters, typically clad in a uniform of baggy trousers and crop tops, head to the market place to go thrifting each and every 7 days. They are armed with vogue know-how only the young, fun and identified can possess and find out the greatest streetwear they can discover.

Launched by 26-calendar year-aged Blessing Ewona in 2020 in reaction to the dearth of spaces for younger queer persons and female skaters in Nigeria, Dencity skate, desire and thrift jointly. From their outings to the market to typical skate meet-ups at the dilapidated Nationwide Stadium or Tarkwa Bay beach front, they have traced their personal map of the city.

“I tried using to seem for a single,” she reported, referring to a group in which she felt at dwelling, “and then I reported, enable me just build my own. Not just for me, but for other folks like me that also want a community like this but never know how to go about it.”
