Editorial Illustration of Jollof Rice for Dua Lipa’s Service95

January 5, 2023

It was an honour for me to be commissioned to create this editorial illustration of a plate of seafood jollof rice for Dua Lipa’s Service95 in December, 2022.

It’s a #Jollof Christmas this year!

The team at @service95 make passionate artists like me know that we made the right decision pursuing our passion.

Special thanks to @poppyroy_ Poppy Roy, Picture Editor at Service95. Excellent communicator! She’s the best!

Shout out to @funmifetto, the Global Editorial Director. Magic happens when you work with professionals with #BritishVogue experience. Their creativity and art direction is off the charts.

I’m still going to try Food, Fire and Soul’s Funmi Ogunbiyi’s recipe. I live in Port Harcourt Nigeria ans the Creek Road Market offers the best seafood options in Nigeria: clams, mussels, prawns, crabs, lobsters fish and more.

WARNING: This is not a GhanaJollof vs NigerianJollof war. Don’t bare your fangs. I don’t plan on betraying my loyalty to my Ghanaian nephews here. LOL!

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Vivian Uwakwe is a gifted, self-taught children’s book illustrator and author who takes pride in her African heritage. Her children’s picture book, How The Tortoise Broke Its Shell (An African Folktale) became an Amazon Number 1 Best Seller in Amazon’s African Folktales Category shortly after its release in October, 2023.

She is on a mission to document all the stories her father, a fantastic storyteller, told her as a child. She is rewriting several African folktales in simple modern language and creating beautiful illustrations for them to catch the minds of young kids around the world.

Vivian has designed several other Afrocentric books and stationery including notebooks, journals, coloring, and activity books all available on Amazon. She prides herself on bringing diversity and representation to the global art scene through her Afrocentric designs. She puts a unique twist of African infusion in her designs, making them appealing to audiences worldwide.