Flohio
(Picture: PHOTOGRAPHY NATASHA PSZENICKI)Flohio gives off an air of quiet defiance; of unwavering self-belief, patiently earned. After years of being touted as the next big thing - in 2018 Naomi Campbell picked the Nigerian-born rapper in Vogue magazine among “10 rising female stars reimagining our future”; a year later she was named on BBC’s Sound of 2019 list - she’s finally on the cusp of releasing her long-awaited debut album, Out of Heart.
We meet at Tatale, the recently opened restaurant of Ghanaian-British chef, Akwasi Brenya-Mensa, at the Africa Centre in Southwark. It’s a few days after Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and the death of Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man shot by a police officer in south London. “It’s a great time to talk about things that have been hidden underneath the carpet,” Flohio says, reflectively.
