Since the early 90's, Bisade
"Lagbaja" Ologunde
has managed to keep his face well
hidden
behind a mask.
According to Lagbaja, his mask is
used as an
icon of man's facelessness.
Lagbaja is a Yoruba
word that means "nobody in
particular". It
depicts the anonymity of the so-
called
"common man". The mask and the
name
symbolise the faceless, the
voiceless in the
society, particularly in Africa. But
it seems we all
have our curiosity chilled up as a
picture alleged
to be Lagbaja's with his face left
unmasked
leaked on the Internet some time
ago. It is not
quite clear how the photo
appeared on the
social media websites, and the
afrobeat singer
himself has not confirmed
whether it is his face
actually or not. However, it is hard
to ignore the
striking similarities between this
face and the
masked one especially the lips,
eyes and shape
of chin. What do you think – is it
Lagbaja
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