INTERVIEW with MOWALOLA by Reba Maybury
“It was about a multitude of things. Just me being a Black woman and dealing with stuff. It's also with me in the fashion world. I feel like people look at me like, “What she's doing is not what we want. She's a threat to this safe world that we're in, so let's do what we can to not celebrate or support her." So with that piece, I think I was just expressing this feeling that people or things were against me. I can't express myself in a way where it's pinned back to be digestible for other people. Every time I create something, I don't want it to be, "Oh, it's politically based on this." No, it's not always about that. I go through things, I have feelings. I want to be able to show all that and be seen as a creative, and as a person—not just as a Black creative.”