Osun
A story in five frames about a Nigerian girl growing into a future made possible by better nutrition, education and public institutions.
Too much Afrofuturism simply gives the past a technological costume. Osun began as an attempt to imagine a future from the problems people face now, and from the kind of society we might actually want to build.
Osun as a child
1. Malnutrition
Osun begins life among millions of children whose future is constrained by malnutrition.
Age 10
2. A meal in a pill
Affordable nutrition supplements give her the vitamins and protein that her available food cannot provide.
Age 16
3. Mobile education
A mobile-first education, designed around how she learns rather than copied from a lecture hall, opens the next door.
Age 25
4. A demand for fair elections
Osun joins a generation demanding elections that can be counted openly and trusted.
Age 35
5. President
She becomes Nigeria's first female president, chosen for her ability and free to live openly as herself.