“Most of my work starts in Lagos, but it doesn’t stay there for long,” says Anita Ashiru. She’s one of the sole production designers working in Nigeria, where her team builds multi-scale sets and stage designs for the country’s booming Afrobeats industry. Requests often come at a whim for work; Ashiru might be called abroad by the likes of frequent collaborator Davido, a Nigerian-American singer-songwriter who frequently shoots music videos in South Africa.
Ashiru’s job is one that largely didn’t exist 10 years ago, she says, but the recent growth of the West African music industry has allowed her to live, work, and travel extensively throughout the region, frequently finding
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