Nothing truly connects Nigeria like football and music. I love both and I channeled that to re-imagine Nigerian Afropop gods as popular footballers in this illustration series

Fela as Maradona

Don Jazzy as Pep Guardiola

D’banj as Ronaldinho

M.I as Michael Owen

2 Baba as Ronney

Wizkid as Messi

Davido as Ronaldo

Seun Kuti as Kasper Schmichel

Burna Boy as Virgil Van Djik

Wande Coal as Mesut Özil

Asa as Luka Modrić

Olamide as Totti

Naira Marley as Jamie Vardy

Tekno as Dimitri Payet

Mr Eazi as Lukaku

Teni as Mikel Obi

Santi as Raheem Sterling

Odunsi as Anthony Martial

Fireboy DML as Trent Alexander Arnold

Rema as Mbappe

Tems as Jadon Sancho