MOTUNRAYO
ILO
ilo.motunrayo@gmail.com
I’m Motunrayo. A BA (Hons). Journalism, Politics and History student at City, University of London.
I observe cultures from an anthropological lens and I am open to undertaking roles in PR, production, curation, communications and multimedia journalism within the fashion, arts & culture industries.
MOTUNRAYO ILO
|mo. too. rah. yuh ee.loh|
1a. journalist, 1b. producer, 1c. curator etc…
TAARU is an editorial project dedicated to fashion, art and culture storytelling around Africa and its Diaspora, founded by Motunrayo Ilo in August 2024.
TAARU spent the day with Ore Falase, Creative Director and founder of the eponymous fashion brand By Falase. At the centre of her world and subsequently her design practices lay women and her identity as a Nigerian Woman. For Ore “It’s about sex and sensuality, it’s about strength, it’s about being Nigerian and most importantly, it’s about being a woman”. Her garments, using ; colours of the Nigerian flag, quotes from the Nigerian army and Nigerian number plate inspired belts are a sartorial testament to her heritage and identity.
Executive Producer &Videographer - Motunrayo Ilo
Photographer, Edit & Colour Grade - Mayowa Fakorede
Inspired by her Ghanaian - Canadian upbringing, Toronto Based Emmanuela Graham explores the diasporic experience through design. Tropism, her debut collection, introduces silhouettes that mirror the complexities of growth through layering, asymmetry and juxtaposition. It examines the tension between upholding cultural honour while evolving in spaces that challenge those very beliefs. Tropism is about the dualities that shape us ; the public and private, expectation and reality, the familiar and strange.
Creative Director & Executive Producer - Motunrayo Ilo
Photographer - David Okpo, Jaden Mansaray Richardson
EDUCATION
PHOTOGRAPHY
PRESENTING
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In March 2024, in celebration of Black History Month, Motunrayo Ilo curated and moderated a panel discussion featuring four prominent journalists within London’s media industry ; Ezreen Benissan, Natty Kasambala, Aswan Magumbe and Emma Ogao at City St George’s, University of London’s Journalism Department.
YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS
