As a makeup artist in the industry of TV commercials, I’m truly honored to be part of this world which I have been in for over three decades. Born and raised in England by West Indian parents, as a young girl the only thing I knew was the four walls in the council flat we lived in. Back then we had a small black-and-white TV that the whole family sat around together and watched
In 1971, there was a lot of excitement when Muhammad Ali was going to fight Joe Frazier. Ali was the first major Black person I’d seen on TV, and I was blown away. He was not only handsome but eloquent, a poet, an artist, an entertainer. Watching him stirred something deep within me...
Arike Ogunbowale
