[1/3] People look at a painting at the Art X, an annual art fair held in Lagos, Nigeria November 5, 2022.
They were among hundreds attending ART X, an annual fair in Lagos, Nigeria's buzzing commercial capital, that hosted more than 120 artists from 40 African countries and the diaspora.
aimed to tap into African wisdom to address problems from climate change to political crises.
Just beyond the fair, flooding has laid farmland to waste and displaced more than a million.
Ify Obi, 24, standing by her favourite piece - a giant woven design by Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor that threaded plastic rosaries onto lace to create images of traditional African leaders - said she most appreciated works that amplified African culture and African solutions.