SKIN I’M IN
An exploration of self-identity, creative directed by NATIVE 11 Alum Mowalola, exclusively for The Rebel Issue
Creative Direction: Mowalola Ogunlesi
Photography: Rhea Dillon
Words: Odunsi
Hair: Virginie P Moreira + Issac Poleon
Make Up: Jessica Taylor
dark eyes, dark roots, dark past.
my dark, dark skin is the reason,
YOU & i,
have been on our toes and,
everybody knows.
it is different when you have to,
learn to love.
when you hear otherwise but,
have to perceive.
when you see otherwise but,
have to believe.
but i think i’m finally here,
finally in my skin.
there’s nowhere i’d rather be
