Bread seller. TYBello. Photo-shoot.
I’m sure you all know what I’m talking about precisely.
Yes, you’ve heard about it but just in case you didn’t get a hold of the full gist, here you go….
Recently,
TYBello, a Nigerian recording artist and photographer, was having a
photo-shoot with an American music star called Tinnie Tempah. She had
chosen to pitch her set on the streets of Lagos so as, according to her
Instagram post, to showcase the beauty of her Lagos rather than be
confined in some hole. While on the shoot, a bread seller from Sabo
market strayed into the shot. Upon realizing what damage she could have
done, this bread hawker became confused, perhaps a little scared,
especially with boos and jeers from people who asked her to quickly get
out of the set. Alas, TYBello, the photographer, signaled her to walk
back into the set and asked for her photograph to be taken and she
obliged. TY had seen, through her lens, diamond though very much in the
rough at this time.
When I saw the
pics on TYBello’s Instagram page, I was pleasantly surprised to know the
bread seller concept was not pre-scripted. Kudos to TYBello for her
ingenious shots.
The effect of these
photos was so overwhelming that the scout for this ‘Waka Pass’ model
began. Finally, she was found. She is Olajumoke, 27year old mother of
two: a boy of 5 and a 2year old daughter. She can’t write or speak a
word of English, she communicates in Yoruba. Though she’s not literate,
today, she shares the coveted ThisDay Style Cover with the likes of
Dangote, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, A’List Socialites and Celebrities, the
Crème de la Crème of society,
From a
most indigent background, Olajumoke left Osun State where she was a hair
dresser, to come to Lagos in search of the Golden Fleece, hawking bread
7times a week with a profit of 200 naira daily.
Even with two children, she didn’t fold her hands and beg for hand-outs, she hawked her way into her destiny.
She was the Golden Fleece that TYBello was going to search for.
In no time, with a make-over, the gold in her is brought to fore and shone in her pictures that have gone viral on the internet.
TYBello
has proved with this story that we can create positive movement for one
another without waiting for government (government should play their
role though). It’s obvious that most of the people who walk around the
streets have gold in them; they are all waiting on a gold digger to dig
it up.
Nobody is ever useless, no matter the condition you find yourself, no condition is permanent, as long as you are not lazy.
This is the moral of Olajumoke’s story.
People
pray to God to meet them at the point of their needs but they need to
know that God is waiting to meet them at the point where they are making
use of that which is in their hands. Hard work and tenacity will always
win “it” for you.
Opportunities are all around us everyday but we seize them (or not) by time and chance.
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